Floating particles with high copper concentration in the sea-surface microlayer
This study sought to clarify whether suspended particles containing high Cu concentrations are present in the sea-surface microlayer (S-SML). For this reason, suspended particles (10-2000 μm) in the S-SML were collected periodically from a ship mooring pond during 2018-2020, and the acid-soluble Cu...
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| author | Okamura, Hideo Kano, Kenta Yap, Chee Kong Emmanouil, Christina |
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| description | This study sought to clarify whether suspended particles containing high Cu concentrations are present in the sea-surface microlayer (S-SML). For this reason, suspended particles (10-2000 μm) in the S-SML were collected periodically from a ship mooring pond during 2018-2020, and the acid-soluble Cu concentration in the suspended particles was measured as particulate Cu (P-Cu). The highest concentration of P-Cu in the S-SML of the pond was 75 μg L-1 with a 90th percentile value of 2.5 μg L-1. This is below P-Cu values reported for the S-SML in North American ports, but 140 times higher than this found in bulk seawater in the Atlantic Ocean. The highest P-Cu concentration in the S-SML of non-organism (abiotic) origin was 17 μg L-1, and the abiotic P-Cu to P-Cu ratio varied from 0.2 to 100%, likely depending on the quality and quantity of biogenic material in the S-SML samples. It is assumed that the S-SML particles examined here contain high Cu concentrations originating from ship antifouling paints. |
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| spelling | upm-973592022-09-05T08:57:06Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97359/ Floating particles with high copper concentration in the sea-surface microlayer Okamura, Hideo Kano, Kenta Yap, Chee Kong Emmanouil, Christina This study sought to clarify whether suspended particles containing high Cu concentrations are present in the sea-surface microlayer (S-SML). For this reason, suspended particles (10-2000 μm) in the S-SML were collected periodically from a ship mooring pond during 2018-2020, and the acid-soluble Cu concentration in the suspended particles was measured as particulate Cu (P-Cu). The highest concentration of P-Cu in the S-SML of the pond was 75 μg L-1 with a 90th percentile value of 2.5 μg L-1. This is below P-Cu values reported for the S-SML in North American ports, but 140 times higher than this found in bulk seawater in the Atlantic Ocean. The highest P-Cu concentration in the S-SML of non-organism (abiotic) origin was 17 μg L-1, and the abiotic P-Cu to P-Cu ratio varied from 0.2 to 100%, likely depending on the quality and quantity of biogenic material in the S-SML samples. It is assumed that the S-SML particles examined here contain high Cu concentrations originating from ship antifouling paints. Springer Science 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97359/1/ABSTRACT.pdf Okamura, Hideo and Kano, Kenta and Yap, Chee Kong and Emmanouil, Christina (2021) Floating particles with high copper concentration in the sea-surface microlayer. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29 (20). pp. 29535-29542. ISSN 0944-1344; ESSN: 1614-7499 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-021-14187-9 10.1007/s11356-021-14187-9 |
| spellingShingle | Okamura, Hideo Kano, Kenta Yap, Chee Kong Emmanouil, Christina Floating particles with high copper concentration in the sea-surface microlayer |
| title | Floating particles with high copper concentration in the sea-surface microlayer |
| title_full | Floating particles with high copper concentration in the sea-surface microlayer |
| title_fullStr | Floating particles with high copper concentration in the sea-surface microlayer |
| title_full_unstemmed | Floating particles with high copper concentration in the sea-surface microlayer |
| title_short | Floating particles with high copper concentration in the sea-surface microlayer |
| title_sort | floating particles with high copper concentration in the sea-surface microlayer |
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