Bromoalkane production by Antarctic ice algae

• Main Authors: Sturges, W. T., Sullivan, C. W., Schnell, R. C., Heidt, L. E., Pollock, W. H.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1993
• Subjects: 48; Arctic; Antarctic; The Antarctic; McMurdo Sound; McMurdo Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice algae; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19930055825

Ice microalgae, collected from the underside of annual sea ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, were found to contain and release to seawater a number of brominated hydrocarbons. These included bromoform, dibromomethane, mixed bromochloromethanes, and methyl bromide. Atmospheric measurements in the McM...