ArticleISME communications2025
Water mass mixing controls methane cycling and emission in highly hydrodynamic regions of the open ocean.
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- From currents to water masses: fine-scale insights into microbial biogeography in the Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension region.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Ocean circulations and water mass exchange can exert significant influences on seawater biogeochemistry, microbial communities, and carbon cycling in marine systems. However, the detailed mechanisms of the impacts of physical processes in the open ocean on the cycle of greenhouse gases, particularly methane, remain poorly understood. In this study, we integrated high-resolution underway observations, experimental incubations, radioisotope labelling, and molecular analysis to constrain the controls of methanogenic pathways, methanotrophic activity, and emission fluxes in the highly hydrodynamic Kuroshio and Oyashio Extension (KOE) region of the Northwest Pacific. The mixing of high-temperature, nutrient-rich Kuroshio waters with methane-rich Oyashio currents significantly affected not only methane abundance, but also methane production pathways and oxidation rates. Water mass mixing caused changes in the dominance of phytoplankton communities to
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