Dear Colleagues We are convening a methane oxidation session at the next ASLO Aquatic Sciences meeting on 26 Feb to 3 Mar 2017 in Honolulu, Hawai’i. Abstracts are due Friday, October 14. Please consider submitting an abstract to our session. Details are below.
Best regards, Bridget Deemer Sigrid van Grinsven Tonya DelSontro John Harrison SS36: Methane Oxidation Across Ecosystems: Opening the Methane “Black Box” Co chairs: Bridget Deemer, Sigrid van Grinsven, Tonya DelSontro, John Harrison Methane oxidation (i.e. methanotrophy) plays a critical role in regulating the transport and emission of CH4 from ecosystems. Still, many studies focus on measuring net production or atmospheric emission of CH4 without discerning the relative importance of different metabolic pathways in regulating these dynamics. Recent microbial, geochemical, and ecosystem modeling efforts are expanding our view of methane oxidation, highlighting its importance across a variety of environments and conditions. This session aims to facilitate a discussion regarding the magnitude, controls, and mechanisms of methane oxidation across a variety of environments. We also welcome studies that directly address the microbiology and/or biogeochemistry of methanogenesis, methane incorporation into food webs, and the coupling between methane and other elemental cycles.
