Abiotic degradation of highly branched isoprenoid alkenes and other lipids in the water column off East Antarctica

• Published in: Marine Chemistry
• Main Authors: Rontani, J-F, Smik, L, Belt, ST, Vaultier, F, Armbrecht, L, Leventer, A, Armand, LK
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier Science Bv 2019
• Subjects: HBI; Antarctica; diatoms; sea-ice; degradation; Antarctic; Commonwealth Bay; Dalton Iceberg Tongue; East Antarctica; The Antarctic; Antarc*; ice algae; Iceberg*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/37824/

In some previous studies, the ratio between a di-unsaturated highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) lipid termed IPSO25 and a structurally related tri-unsaturated counterpart (HBI III) (viz. IPSO25/HBI III) has been used as a proxy measure of variable sea ice cover in the Antarctic owing to their producti...