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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2349-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2349-2020
Research article
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30 Apr 2020
Research article |  | 30 Apr 2020

Characterizing the surface microlayer in the Mediterranean Sea: trace metal concentrations and microbial plankton abundance

Antonio Tovar-Sánchez, Araceli Rodríguez-Romero, Anja Engel, Birthe Zäncker, Franck Fu, Emilio Marañón, María Pérez-Lorenzo, Matthieu Bressac, Thibaut Wagener, Sylvain Triquet, Guillaume Siour, Karine Desboeufs, and Cécile Guieu

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Residence times of particulate metals derived from aerosol deposition in the Sea Surface Microlayer of the Mediterranean Sea ranged from a couple of minutes (e.g., for Fe) to a few hours (e.g., for Cu). Microbial activity seems to play an important role in in this process and in the concentration and distribution of metals between diferent water layers.
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