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Rapid ecosystem collapse and biofilter formation following seabed methane leakage
Qianyong Liang, Longhui Deng, Xinyue Liu…·Fengping Wang
This study shows that seabed ecosystems rapidly collapse and form a methane biofilter after methane leakage from hydrates, with significant microbial and macrofaunal changes.