Protein and carbohydrate exopolymer particles in the sea surface microlayer (SML)

Exchanges of matter and energy between ocean and atmosphere occur through the sea surface microlayer (SML). The SML is the thin surface layer of the ocean at the ocean-atmosphere interface that has distinctive physical, chemical and biological properties compared with the underlying water. We measur...

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Main Authors: Daniel Conrad Ogilvie Thornton, Sarah Dickerson Brooks, Jie Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmars.2016.00135/full