Widespread Microbial Methane Under the Elkhorn Slough Underwater Sediments: Rethinking the Carbon Model and Other Implications

Ana Garcia-Garcia1, Brendan liam Chapman2, Wayne Michael Strojie1, Ron Eby3, Thomas D Lorenson4, Cindy Cervantes5 and Johana Paniagua5, (1)University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (2)University of California Santa Cruz, Earth and Planetary Science, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (3)ESNERR, Watsonville, CA, United States, (4)US Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (5)Hartnell College, United States