Controls on spatial variation in porewater methane concentration across U.S. tidal wetlands

Erika Koontz1, James Robert Holmquist1, Sarah Parker1, Alice Stearns1, Brian J Roberts2, Caitlin Young2, Lisamarie Windham-Myers3, Patty Y Oikawa4, Edward J Buskey5, R. Kyle Derby6, Robert Dunn7, Matthew C. Ferner8, Julie Krask7, Christina Marconi5, Kelley Savage5, Julie Shahan9, Amanda C Spivak10, Kari A St.Laurent11, Jacob Argueta12, Steven Baird12, Kathryn Beheshti13, Laura Crane14, Kimberly Cressman15, Jeff Crooks16, Sarah Fernald17, Jason Garwood18, Jason Goldstein14, Thomas M Grothues19, Andrea Habeck19, Scott Lerberg20, Samantha B. Lucas18, Pamela Marcum21, Christopher Peter22, Scott Phipps23, Kenneth B. Raposa24, Andre Rovai25, Shon Schooler26, Robert Twilley25, Megan Tyrrell27, Kellie Uyeda16, Sophie Wulfing2, Jacob Aman14, Amanda Giacchetti22, Shelby Johnson6, Patrick Megonigal1 and Genevieve L Noyce1, (1)Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, United States, (2)Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin, United States, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Water Mission Area, Menlo Park, United States, (4)California State University, East Bay, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Hayward, United States, (5)The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, United States, (6)Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Annapolis, United States, (7)North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Baruch Marine Field Laboratory, Georgetown, United States, (8)San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Tiburon, United States, (9)Stanford University, Stanford, United States, (10)University of Georgia, Department of Marine Sciences, Athens, United States, (11)Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Dover, United States, (12)Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Homer, United States, (13)University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, United States, (14)Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, Wells, United States, (15)Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Point, United States, (16)Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, Imperial Beach, United States, (17)Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve, Staatsburg, United States, (18)Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve, Eastpoint, United States, (19)Rutgers University Marine Field Station, Tuckerton, United States, (20)Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, Gloucester Point, United States, (21)Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve, Ponte Vedra Beach, United States, (22)Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Greenland, United States, (23)Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Fairhope, United States, (24)Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Prudence Island, United States, (25)Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, United States, (26)South Slough Estuarine Research Reserve, Charleston, United States, (27)Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Waquoit, United States