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Simultaneous Detection of Alkylamines in the Surface Ocean and Atmosphere of the Antarctic Sympagic Environment

Dall'Osto, Manuel
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Airs, Ruth L.
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Beale, Rachael
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May 1, 2019
Acs Earth And Space Chemistry

Measurements of alkylamines from seawater and atmospheric samples collected simultaneously across the Antarctic Peninsula, South Orkney and South Georgia Islands are reported. Concentrations of mono-, di-, and trimethylamine (MMA, DMA, and TMA, respectively), and their precursors, the quarternary amines glycine betaine and choline, were enhanced in sympagic seawater samples relative to ice-devoid pelagic ones, suggesting the microbiota of sea ice and sea ice-influenced ocean is a major source of these compounds. Primary sea-spray aerosol particles artificially generated by bubbling seawater samples were investigated by aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometry (ATOFMS) of single particles; their mixing state indicated that alkylamines were aerosolized with sea spray from dissolved and particulate organic nitrogen pools. Despite this unequivocal sea spray-associated source of alkylamines, ATOFMS analyses of ambient aerosols in the sympagic region indicated that the majority (75-89%) of aerosol alkylamines were of secondary origin, that is, incorporated into the aerosol after gaseous air-sea exchange. These findings show that sympagic seawater properties are a source of alkylamines influencing the biogenic aerosol fluxed from the ocean into the boundary layer; these organic nitrogen compounds should be considered when assessing secondary aerosol formation processes in Antarctica.

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research article
DOI
10.1021/acsearthspacechem.9b00028
Web of Science ID

WOS:000468366300018

Author(s)
Dall'Osto, Manuel
Airs, Ruth L.
Beale, Rachael
Cree, Charlotte
Fitzsimons, Mark F.
Beddows, David
Harrison, Roy M.
Ceburnis, Darius
O'Dowd, Colin
Rinaldi, Matteo
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Date Issued

2019-05-01

Publisher

AMER CHEMICAL SOC

Published in
Acs Earth And Space Chemistry
Volume

3

Issue

5

Start page

854

End page

862

Subjects

Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

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Geochemistry & Geophysics

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Chemistry

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polar biogeochemistry

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marine aerosol

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atofms

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secondary aerosols

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southern ocean

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polar emissions

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polar ecology

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cloud condensation nuclei

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size-segregated aerosol

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southern-ocean

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mixing state

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chemical-characterization

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containing particles

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mass-spectrometry

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concordia site

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boundary-layer

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sulfuric-acid

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June 18, 2019
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