BROMOALKANE PRODUCTION BY ANTARCTIC ICE ALGAE

被引:68
作者
STURGES, WT
SULLIVAN, CW
SCHNELL, RC
HEIDT, LE
POLLOCK, WH
机构
[1] Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
[2] Hancock Institute for Marine Studies, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
[3] National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
[4] National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration, Mauna Loa Observatory, Hilo, Hawaii, 96720
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D O I
10.1034/j.1600-0889.1993.t01-1-00004.x
中图分类号
P4 [大气科学(气象学)];
学科分类号
0706 ; 070601 ;
摘要
Ice microalgae, collected from the underside of annual sea ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, were found to contain and release to seawater a number of brominated hydrocarbons. These included bromoform, dibromomethane, mixed bromochloromethanes, and methyl bromide. Atmospheric measurements in the McMurdo Sound vicinity revealed the presence of bromo-form and methyl bromide in the lower atmosphere, with lowest concentrations inland, further indicating that biogenic activity in the Sound is a source of organic bromine gases to the Antarctic atmosphere. This may have important implications for boundary layer chemistry in Antarctica, In the Arctic, the presence of bromoform has been linked to loss of surface ozone in the spring. We report here preliminary evidence for similar surface ozone loss at McMurdo Station.
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页码:120 / 126
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