Surfactant components of marine organic matter as agents for biogeochemical fractionation and pollutant transport via marine aerosols
| Autor: | Giuseppe Loglio, R. Cini, N. Degli Innocenti, S. Bellandi, E. Schiavuta, C. Oppo, Angela Maria Stortini |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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chemistry.chemical_classification
Pollution Pollutant Biogeochemical cycle media_common.quotation_subject surfactant components surfactant components marine organic matter marine aerosols marine clouds biogeochemical fractionation General Chemistry Oceanography Aerosol marine aerosols Adsorption biogeochemical fractionation Pulmonary surfactant chemistry Environmental chemistry marine organic matter Environmental Chemistry marine clouds Organic matter Seawater Water Science and Technology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Marine Chemistry. 63:235-253 |
| ISSN: | 0304-4203 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0304-4203(98)00065-6 |
| Popis: | The role of surfactant organic matter in marine aerosol production has been studied under conditions in which there is a large coverage of whitecaps on the sea surface. To improve the knowledge of matter exchange and pollutant recycling from the sea surface into the atmosphere, a spray drop adsorption model (SDAM) was developed and the validity of the proposed model verified by the following experimental results: (1) an increase of surfactant matter on the sea surface during rough sea conditions (`surface wave concentration'); (2) an (hyperbolic-like) increase of the enrichment ratio (ER) of surfactant fluorescent organic matter (SFOM), made up predominantly by humic substances (HS), as the particle size decrease; (3) a similar behaviour for elements with pollutant properties, and which are known to interact with HS and other surfactant materials, considered pollution tracers. An additional laboratory experiment, based on the adsorption model conditions, gives enrichment ratio greater than unity for K and Ca. The first results on marine aerosols trapped in marine clouds (at 1000 m above sea level and at 100 km from the coast) seem to further support the proposed model and its ability to predict the transition from saline to almost entirely organic particles for the smaller fractions of marine aerosols. The possible contribution of these particles to the recycling and to the long range transport of pollutants via marine aerosols has been considered. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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