Mayr et al. show that the methanotroph assemblage grows fast enough to limit methane outgassing to the atmosphere during lake overturn when methane from the bottom water is transferred to the surface layer in lake Rotsee. The study suggests that an expanding and changing methanotroph assemblage is responsible for the increasing methane oxidation capacity during autumn overturn.
- Magdalena J. Mayr
- Matthias Zimmermann
- Helmut Bürgmann
