Distribution and photoreactivity of chromophoric dissolved organic matter in the Antarctic Peninsula (Southern Ocean)

• Published in: Marine Chemistry
• Main Authors: Ortega-Retuerta, E., Reche, Isabel, Pulido-Villena, E., Agustí, Susana, Duarte, Carlos M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2010
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bellingshausen Sea; Bransfield Strait; Deception Island; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/59817; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2009.11.008

Chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) plays a key role regulating light attenuation in the ocean. This optically reactive pool of organic matter is driven by several physical and biological processes such as photobleaching, photohumification, and biogeneration, that act as primary sinks and s...