@article{oai:rakuno.repo.nii.ac.jp:00001628,
 author = {Yoshida, Osamu and Inoue, Hisayuki Y. and Watanabe, Shuichi and Suzuki, Koji and Noriki, Shinichiro},
 issue = {C7},
 journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research : Oceans},
 month = {Jul},
 note = {Article, [1] Oceanic methane (CH_4) was examined in the South Pacific and the Southern Ocean from December 2001 to February 2002. From the oligotrophic South Pacific (10°S) to the Subtropical Front (STF), we observed the maximum concentrations of CH_4 in the subsurface layer which ranged from 2.7 to 3.9 nmol kg^<−1>. South of the STF, higher levels of CH_4 were often detected in both the surface and the subsurface layers. Elevated surface CH_4 concentrations (3.4-6.1 nmol kg^<−1>) south of the STF tended to be higher than those north of the STF. Higher CH_4 were often concomitant with an increase in chlorophyll a levels in the Seasonal Ice Zone (SIZ). Considering that phytoplankton does not generate methane directly, the high CH_4 production probably resulted from the grazing processes of Antarctic krill and/or zooplankton fed on phytoplankton and the subsequent microbial methanogenesis in addition to the aerobic CH_4 production in the water column. Present results showed a good relation between surface CH_4 data (<50 m) and σ_θ between 10°S and the Polar Front (PF), which allow us to provide interpolation/extrapolation schemes for CH_4 concentration and sea-air CH_4 flux in the wide area ([CH_4] = 0.15 σ_θ − 0.98 (RMS = 0.21 nmol kg^<−1>, r = 0.68, n = 49, p < 0.001). The sea-air fluxes estimated during our survey were from 2.4 to 4.9 mol CH_4 km^<−2> d^<−1> between 10°S and the PF (54°S), and from 0.8 to 2.3 mol CH_4 km^<−2> d^<−1> south of the PF, where the sea-air CH_4 flux was largely affected by the wind speed.},
 pages = {1--9},
 title = {Dissolved methane distribution in the South Pacific and the Southern Ocean in austral summer},
 volume = {116},
 year = {2011}
}