ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON AEROBIC METHANE OXIDATION IN COASTAL WATERS

Lea Steinle1,2, Johanna Maltby2, Nadine Engbersen1, Jakob Zopfi1, Hermann Bange2, Marcus Elvert3, Kai-Uwe Hinrichs3, Annette Kock2, Moritz F Lehmann1, Tina Treude2,4 and Helge Niemann1,5, (1)University of Basel, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Basel, Switzerland, (2)GEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany, (3)MARUM / University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, (4)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States, (5)University of Tromsø, Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrates, Environment and Climate (CAGE), Tromsø, Norway