Enrichment of perfluoroalkyl substances in the sea-surface microlayer and sea-spray aerosols in the Southern Ocean

• Published in: Environmental Pollution
• Main Authors: Casas, Gemma, Martínez-Varela, Alicia, Roscales, José L., Vila-Costa, Maria, Dachs, Jordi, Jiménez, Begoña
• Other Authors: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Generalitat de Catalunya
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: Perfluoroalkyl substances; Sea-surface microlayer; Antarctica; Sea-spray aerosol; Organic pollutants; Southern ocean; Livingston Island; South Bay; Southern Ocean; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/220976; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115512; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002809; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329

The accumulation of Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the SML and their enrichment in SSA is consistent with marine aerosols as a vector for PFAS transport.Sea-spray (or sea-salt) aerosol (SSA) formation and their subsequent atmospheric transport and deposition have been suggested to play a promin...