Optical Properties and Photochemical Transformation of the Dissolved Organic Matter Released by Sargassum

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Powers, Leanne C., Del Vecchio, Rossana, Blough, Neil V., McDonald, Natasha, Schmitt-Kopplin, Philippe, Gonsior, Michael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers 2020
• Subjects: Suwannee River; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/51278/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/51278/1/fmars-07-588287.pdf; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/51278/2/Data_Sheet_1_Optical%20Properties%20and%20Photochemical%20Transformation%20of%20the%20Dissolved%20Organic%20Matter%20Released%20by%20Sargassum.docx; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.588287

Chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) is the dominant absorber of ultraviolet radiation in the ocean, but its sources within the ocean, as well as its chemical composition, remain uncertain. One source of marine CDOM is Sargassum, an epipelagic marine macro brown alga common to the Gulf of Me...