The marine methane cycle in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago during summer

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: D'Angelo, Alessandra, Garcia-Eidell, Cynthia, Kerrigan, Zak, Strock, Jacob, Crable, Frances, VanKeersbilck, Nikolas, Raziuddin, Humair, Ewa, Theressa, Umar, Samira, King, Andrew L., Gonzelez-Meler, Miquel, Loose, Brice
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Pacific; Northwest Passage; Wellington Channel; Croker; Croker Bay; Arctic Archipelago; Northwest passage; Northwest Passage Project; Sea ice; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2023-157; https://bg.copernicus.org/preprints/bg-2023-157/

In the Arctic Ocean region, methane (CH 4 ) concentrations are higher than the global average, with particularly high concentrations of dissolved CH 4 observed along many subarctic and Arctic continental shelf margins. Despite this, the Arctic Ocean emits only minimal methane fluxes to the atmospher...