Methanol, acetaldehyde, and acetone in the surface waters of the Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5412-5425

  Beale, Rachael ^a   Dixon, Joanna L ^a   Arnold, Steve R ^b   Liss, Peter S ^c,d   Nightingale, Philip D ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acetaldehyde; acetone; air sea fluxes; Atlantic Ocean; methanol; OVOCs

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; AMINO ACIDS; METHANOL; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR SEA FLUX; ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL TRANSECT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; LEUCINE INCORPORATION; MARINE BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL TURNOVER; OVOCS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ACETALDEHYDE;

ACETALDEHYDE; ACETONE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; GYRE; METHANOL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SURFACE WATER; TURNOVER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHILE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84885421573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20322     Document Type: Article

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