| Comment on “A persistent oxygen anomaly reveals the fate of spilled methane in the deep Gulf of Mexico” |  |
| Joye, S.B.; Leifer, I.; Macdonald, I.R.; Chanton, J.P.; Meile, C.D.; Teske, A.P.; Kostka, J.E.; Chistoserdova, L.; Coffin, R.; Hollander, D.; Kastner, M.; Montoya, J.P.; Rehder, G.; Solomon, E.; Treude, T.; Villareal, T.A. (2011). Comment on “A persistent oxygen anomaly reveals the fate of spilled methane in the deep Gulf of Mexico” Science (Wash.) 332(6033): 1033-c |
| In: Science (Washington). American Association for the Advancement of Science: Washington DC. ISSN 0036-8075, meer |
| Auteurs | | Top |
- Joye, S.B., publicatielijst
- Leifer, I., publicatielijst
- Macdonald, I.R., publicatielijst
- Chanton, J.P., publicatielijst
- Meile, C.D., publicatielijst
- Teske, A.P., publicatielijst
- Kostka, J.E., publicatielijst
- Chistoserdova, L., publicatielijst
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- Coffin, R., publicatielijst
- Hollander, D., publicatielijst
- Kastner, M., redacteur, publicatielijst
- Montoya, J.P., publicatielijst
- Rehder, G., publicatielijst
- Solomon, E., publicatielijst
- Treude, T., publicatielijst
- Villareal, T.A., publicatielijst
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| Abstract |
Kessler et al. (Reports, 21 January 2011, p. 312) reported that methane released from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout, approximately 40% of the total hydrocarbon discharge, was consumed quantitatively by methanotrophic bacteria in Gulf of Mexico deep waters over a 4-month period. We find the evidence explicitly linking observed oxygen anomalies to methane consumption ambiguous and extension of these observations to hydrate-derived methane climate forcing premature. |
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