Occurrence, distribution, and sea-air fluxes of volatile halocarbons in the upper ocean off the northern Antarctic Peninsula in summer
Occurrence, distribution, and sea-air fluxes of volatile halocarbons in the upper ocean off the northern Antarctic Peninsula in summer
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夏季南极半岛北部上层海洋挥发性卤化碳的存在、分布及海气通量
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143947
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发表时间:
2020
影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
Lu Liu
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作者:
Cheng-Xuan Li;Kan Chen;Xia Sun;Bao-Dong Wang;Gui-Peng Yang;Yan Li;Lu Liu
We studied the spatial variations of six volatile halocarbons (VHCs), namely, iodomethane (CH3I), chloroform (CHCl3), tetrachloroethylene (C2Cl4), bromodichloromethane (CHBrCl2), dibromomethane (CH2Br2), and carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), and the environmental influencing factors involved in the cycling of VHCs in the upper ocean (0–500 m) off the Northern Antarctic Peninsula (NAP) during the summer of 2018. About 5%–10% of the total biogenic VHCs in the upper ocean were accumulated in the assemblage layer (AL) with high chlorophylla. However, higher VHCs levels were observed in the dicothermal layer (DL) compared with the AL because of the preservation from winter and production from dinoflagellates and chlorophytes. Owing to the co-existence occurrence of sharp seasonal pycnocline and thick permanent pycnocline, DL could be an important VHCs reservoir in the upper water column during summer. In response to melting of sea ice and glacier, decreased salinity was responsible for ca. 50% of the variation in the CH2Br2and CCl4concentrations, which corresponded with increased CH2Br2and CCl4concentrations in the less saline water mass. Anthropogenic CCl4was found with an average concentration of 44.9 pmol/L, and there was a strong positive relationship between CCl4and CHCl3in the upper water, indicating their similar source of pollutant transport caused by anthropogenic activities. Calculated sea-to-air fluxes of CCl4, C2Cl4, CHBrCl2, and CH2Br2averaged 478.7, 93.7, 33.7, and 61.8 nmol/(m2·d) in summer, respectively, indicating that the waters off the NAP are important sources of VHCs for the atmosphere and exert potentially adverse impacts on the Antarctica ozone depletion.