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Ruth Varner</strong> and <strong>Michael Palace</strong> of
CSRC were recently funded by the U.S. Geological Survey to develop
a prototype instrument to detect ebullition or bubbling events of
methane in wetland and lake ecosystems. This novel method utilizes
hydrophones (underwater microphones) to monitor and extract this
information cheaply and efficiently over long temporal scales.
Coupling these audio methods with the analysis of gas samples will
help to determine the pathway by which methane is formed through
microbial processes or methanogenesis.<br>
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I'm wondering if I get these long audio files together if people
might be interested in making a microsound project using them as
source files.<br>
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Mike Palace<br>
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