Search Results - "Tang, Kam W"
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Contribution of oxic methane production to surface methane emission in lakes and its global importance
Published in Nature communications (02-12-2019)“…Recent discovery of oxic methane production in sea and lake waters, as well as wetlands, demands re-thinking of the global methane cycle and re-assessment of…”
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Microbial methane production in oxygenated water column of an oligotrophic lake
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (06-12-2011)“…The prevailing paradigm in aquatic science is that microbial methanogenesis happens primarily in anoxic environments. Here, we used multiple complementary…”
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Paradox reconsidered: Methane oversaturation in well-oxygenated lake waters
Published in Limnology and oceanography (01-01-2014)“…The widely reported paradox of methane oversaturation in oxygenated water challenges the prevailing paradigm that microbial methanogenesis only occurs under…”
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Coastal reservoirs as a source of nitrous oxide: Spatio-temporal patterns and assessment strategy
Published in The Science of the total environment (10-10-2021)“…Coastal reservoirs are widely regarded as a viable solution to the water scarcity problem faced by coastal cities with growing populations. As a result of the…”
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Bacteria dispersal by hitchhiking on zooplankton
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (29-06-2010)“…Microorganisms and zooplankton are both important components of aquatic food webs. Although both inhabit the same environment, they are often regarded as…”
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Enhancing Surface Methane Fluxes from an Oligotrophic Lake: Exploring the Microbubble Hypothesis
Published in Environmental science & technology (20-01-2015)“…Exchange of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) across inland water surfaces is an important component of the terrestrial carbon (C)…”
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Reply to ‘Oxic methanogenesis is only a minor source of lake-wide diffusive CH4 emissions from lakes’
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Methane Production in Oxic Lake Waters Potentially Increases Aquatic Methane Flux to Air
Published in Environmental science & technology letters (14-06-2016)“…Active methane production in oxygenated lake waters challenges the long-standing paradigm that microbial methane production occurs only under anoxic conditions…”
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Zooplankton carcasses and non-predatory mortality in freshwater and inland sea environments
Published in Journal of plankton research (01-05-2014)“…Zooplankton carcasses are ubiquitous in marine and freshwater systems, implicating the importance of non-predatory mortality, but both are often overlooked in…”
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Copepod carcasses as microbial hot spots for pelagic denitrification
Published in Limnology and oceanography (01-11-2015)“…Copepods are exposed to a high non-predatory mortality and their decomposing carcasses act as microniches with intensified microbial activity. Sinking…”
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Copepod carcasses in the subtropical convergence zone of the Sargasso Sea: implications for microbial community composition, system respiration and carbon flux
Published in Journal of plankton research (26-07-2019)“…Abstract The oligotrophic subtropical gyre covers a vast area of the Atlantic Ocean. Decades of time-series monitoring have generated detailed temporal…”
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Modeling sinking rate of zooplankton carcasses: Effects of stratification and mixing
Published in Limnology and oceanography (01-05-2012)“…Using the carcass sinking rate and density determined in laboratory for several freshwater zooplankton species, we developed a model of zooplankton carcass…”
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Comparison of cell-specific activity between free-living and attached bacteria using isolates and natural assemblages
Published in FEMS microbiology letters (01-01-2007)“…Abstract Marine snow aggregates are microbial hotspots that support high bacterial abundance and activities. We conducted laboratory experiments to compare…”
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Spatial and Temporal Distributions of Live and Dead Copepods in the Lower Chesapeake Bay (Virginia, USA)
Published in Estuaries and coasts (01-09-2011)“…Hydrography and copepod abundances (Acartia tonsa, Eurytemora affinis, and nauplii) were regularly monitored for 2 years in sub-estuaries of the lower…”
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Simple staining method for differentiating live and dead marine zooplankton in field samples
Published in Limnology and oceanography, methods (01-08-2009)“…We describe and evaluate a method for the use of neutral red staining to differentiate live and dead zooplankton in marine field samples. The protocol can be…”
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Carbon cycling and POC turnover in the mesopelagic zone of the ocean: Insights from a simple model
Published in Deep-sea research. Part 2. Topical studies in oceanography (01-08-2010)“…Carbon budgets of the mesopelagic zone are poorly constrained, highlighting our lack of understanding of the biota that inhabit this environment and their role…”
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Estimating In Situ Zooplankton Non-Predation Mortality in an Oligo-Mesotrophic Lake from Sediment Trap Data: Caveats and Reality Check
Published in PloS one (06-07-2015)“…Mortality is a main driver in zooplankton population biology but it is poorly constrained in models that describe zooplankton population dynamics, food web…”
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Turning defence into offence? Intrusion of cladoceran brood chambers by a green alga leads to reproductive failure
Published in Royal Society open science (01-09-2020)“…Microalgae are the foundation of aquatic food webs. Their ability to defend against grazers is paramount to their survival, and modulates their ecological…”
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Zooplankton grazing on Phaeocystis: a quantitative review and future challenges
Published in Biogeochemistry (01-03-2007)“…The worldwide colony-forming haptophyte phytoplankton Phaeocystis spp. are key organisms in trophic and biogeochemical processes in the ocean. Many organisms…”
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Dead in the water: The fate of copepod carcasses in the York River estuary, Virginia
Published in Limnology and oceanography (01-09-2010)“…Using laboratory and field experiments we investigated three fates of copepod carcass organic matter in the York River estuary, Virginia: ingestion by…”
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