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Tina Treude is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States and has a research focus primarily within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans a range of topics including methane hydrates, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and microbial community ecology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the understanding of methane cycling and subseafloor microbial ecosystems. Their recent publications include studies on deep subseafloor life, methane metabolism, and biogeochemical processes in marine environments. Selected papers demonstrate a pattern of investigating methane dynamics and microbial survival mechanisms in various contexts:

  • Temperature limits to deep subseafloor life in the Nankai Trough subduction zone, 2020, Science
  • Rapid metabolism fosters microbial survival in the deep, hot subseafloor biosphere, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Deciphering cryptic methane cycling: Coupling of methylotrophic methanogenesis and anaerobic oxidation of methane in hypersaline coastal wetland sediment, 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Ideas and perspectives: A strategic assessment of methane and nitrous oxide measurements in the marine environment, 2020, Biogeosciences
  • Seasonality of water column methane oxidation and deoxygenation in a dynamic marine environment, 2022, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers, notably including Sebastian J. E. Krause, Jiarui Liu, Verena B. Heuer, Yuki Morono, and Arthur J. Spivack. These collaborations reflect co-authored work across multiple studies and publications.

Tina Treude has published repeatedly in venues that focus on geosciences and environmental data. Their most frequent publication outlets are:

  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Biogeosciences
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Scientific Reports
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts

Their research contribution covers several specialized subfields, including environmental chemistry, global and planetary change, mechanics of materials, oceanography, and ecology. This multidisciplinary approach supports investigations into processes affecting marine and coastal ecosystems, hydrocarbon reservoirs, and the microbial ecology of extreme environments.

Main topics addressed by Tina Treude's research include:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Best Publications

  • Microbial reefs in the Black Sea fueled by anaerobic oxidation of methane

    Walter Michaelis;Richard Seifert;Katja Nauhaus;Tina Treude

  • Anaerobic Microbial Degradation of Hydrocarbons : from Enzymatic Reactions to the Environment

    Ralf Rabus;Matthias Boll;Johann Heider;Rainer U. Meckenstock

  • Anaerobic oxidation of methane above gas hydrates at Hydrate Ridge, NE Pacific Ocean

    Tina Treude;Antje Boetius;Katrin Knittel;Klaus Wallmann

  • Environmental regulation of the anaerobic oxidation of methane: a comparison of ANME‐I and ANME‐II communities

    Katja Nauhaus;Tina Treude;Tina Treude;Antje Boetius;Antje Boetius;Antje Boetius;Martin Krüger

  • Rising Arctic Ocean temperatures cause gas hydrate destabilization and ocean acidification

    Arne Biastoch;Tina Treude;Lars H. Rüpke;Ulf Riebesell

  • Temporal constraints on hydrate-controlled methane seepage off Svalbard.

    Christian Berndt;Tomas Feseker;Tina Treude;Sebastien Krastel

  • Environmental control on anaerobic oxidation of methane in the gassy sediments of Eckernförde Bay (German Baltic)

    Tina Treude;Martin Krüger;Antje Boetius;Bo Barker Jørgensen

  • Whale-Fall Ecosystems: Recent Insights into Ecology, Paleoecology, and Evolution

    Craig R. Smith;Adrian G. Glover;Tina Treude;Nicholas D. Higgs

  • Anaerobic oxidation of methane and sulfate reduction along the Chilean continental margin

    Tina Treude;Jutta Niggemann;Jens Kallmeyer;Paul Wintersteller

  • Microbial nucleation of Mg-rich dolomite in exopolymeric substances under anoxic modern seawater salinity: New insight into an old enigma

    Stefan Krause;Volker Liebetrau;Stanislav Gorb;Mónica Sánchez-Román

  • Microbial colonization and degradation of polyethylene and biodegradable plastic bags in temperate fine-grained organic-rich marine sediments.

    Alice Nauendorf;Stefan Krause;Nikolaus K. Bigalke;Elena V. Gorb

  • Impact of natural oil and higher hydrocarbons on microbial diversity, distribution, and activity in Gulf of Mexico cold-seep sediments

    Beth N. Orcutt;Samantha B. Joye;Sara Kleindienst;Katrin Knittel

  • Consumption of Methane and CO2 by Methanotrophic Microbial Mats from Gas Seeps of the Anoxic Black Sea

    Tina Treude;Victoria J. Orphan;Katrin Knittel;Armin Gieseke

  • Burrowing deeper into benthic nitrogen cycling: the impact of bioturbation on nitrogen fixation coupled to sulfate reduction

    Victoria J. Bertics;Jill A. Sohm;Tina Treude;Cheryl-Emiliane T. Chow

  • Microbial community in a sediment-hosted CO2 lake of the southern Okinawa Trough hydrothermal system

    Fumio Inagaki;Marcel M. M. Kuypers;Urumu Tsunogai;Jun-ichiro Ishibashi

  • Ocean currents shape the microbiome of Arctic marine sediments.

    Leila J Hamdan;Richard B Coffin;Masoumeh Sikaroodi;Jens Greinert

  • Effects of climate change on methane emissions from seafloor sediments in the Arctic Ocean: A review

    Rachael H. James;Philippe Bousquet;Ingeborg Bussmann;Matthias Haeckel

  • Biogeochemistry of a deep-sea whale fall: sulfate reduction, sulfide efflux and methanogenesis

    Tina Treude;Craig R. Smith;Frank Wenzhöfer;Erin Carney

  • Microbiological investigation of methane- and hydrocarbon-discharging mud volcanoes in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania

    Karine Alain;Thomas Holler;Florin Musat;Marcus Elvert

  • Sulfate reduction and methane oxidation activity below the sulfate-methane transition zone in Alaskan Beaufort Sea continental margin sediments: Implications for deep sulfur cycling

    Tina Treude;Stefan Krause;Johanna Maltby;Andrew W. Dale

Frequent Co-Authors

Helge Niemann
Helge Niemann Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Antje Boetius
Antje Boetius Max Planck Society
Peter Linke
Peter Linke GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Moritz F. Lehmann
Moritz F. Lehmann University of Basel
Andrew W. Dale
Andrew W. Dale GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Volker Liebetrau
Volker Liebetrau GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Marcus Elvert
Marcus Elvert University of Bremen
Katrin Knittel
Katrin Knittel Max Planck Society
Christian Berndt
Christian Berndt GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Sebastian Krastel
Sebastian Krastel Kiel University

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