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Abstract

In the current era of rapid climate change, accurate characterization of climate-relevant gas dynamics – namely production, consumption, and net emissions – is required for all biomes, especially those ecosystems most susceptible to the impact of change. Marine environments include regions that act as net sources or sinks for numerous climate-active trace gases including methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O). The temporal and spatial distributions of CH4 and N2O are controlled by the interaction of complex biogeochemical and physical processes. To evaluate and quantify how these mechanisms affect marine CH4 and N2O cycling requires a combination of traditional scientific disciplines including oceanography, microbiology, and numerical modeling. Fundamental to these efforts is ensuring that the datasets produced by independent scientists are comparable and interoperable. Equally critical is transparent communication within the research community about the technical improvements required to increase our collective understanding of marine CH4 and N2O. A workshop sponsored by Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) was organized to enhance dialogue and collaborations pertaining to marine CH4 and N2O. Here, we summarize the outcomes from the workshop to describe the challenges and opportunities for near-future CH4 and N2O research in the marine environment.

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Title
Ideas and perspectives: A strategic assessment of methane and nitrous oxide measurements in the marine environment
Author
Wilson, Samuel T 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Al-Haj, Alia N 2 ; Bourbonnais, Annie 3 ; Frey, Claudia 4 ; Fulweiler, Robinson W 5 ; Kessler, John D 6   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Marchant, Hannah K 7 ; Milucka, Jana 7 ; Ray, Nicholas E 8   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Suntharalingam, Parvadha 9   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Thornton, Brett F 10   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Upstill-Goddard, Robert C 11   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Weber, Thomas S 6 ; Arévalo-Martínez, Damian L 12 ; Bange, Hermann W 12   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Benway, Heather M 13 ; Bianchi, Daniele 14 ; Borges, Alberto V 15   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Chang, Bonnie X 16   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Crill, Patrick M 10   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; del Valle, Daniela A 17 ; Farías, Laura 18 ; Joye, Samantha B 19 ; Kock, Annette 12 ; Labidi, Jabrane 20   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Manning, Cara C 21   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Pohlman, John W 22 ; Rehder, Gregor 23   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Sparrow, Katy J 24   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Tortell, Philippe D 25 ; Treude, Tina 26   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Valentine, David L 27 ; Ward, Bess B 28 ; Yang, Simon 14 ; Yurganov, Leonid N 29   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Daniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE), Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA 
 Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 
 University of South Carolina, School of the Earth, Ocean and Environment, Columbia, South Carolina, USA 
 Department of Environmental Science, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland 
 Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 
 Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA 
 Department of Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany 
 Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 
 School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK 
10  Department of Geological Sciences and Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden 
11  School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK 
12  GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany 
13  Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 
14  Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA 
15  University of Liège, Chemical Oceanography Unit, Liège, Belgium 
16  University of Washington, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, Seattle, Washington, USA; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, Washington, USA 
17  University of Southern Mississippi, Division of Marine Science, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA 
18  Department of Oceanography and Center for Climate Research and Resilience (CR2), University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile 
19  Department of Marine Sciences, Georgia, University of Georgia, Athens, USA 
20  Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA 
21  Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; current address: Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, UK 
22  U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, USA 
23  Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Rostock, Germany 
24  Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA 
25  Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 
26  Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA; Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA 
27  Department of Earth Science, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA 
28  Geoscience Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA 
29  Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 
Pages
5809-5828
Publication year
2020
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
ISSN
17264170
e-ISSN
17264189
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2464324963
Copyright
© 2020. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.