Methyl halide production and loss rates in sea water from field incubation experiments

✍ Scribed by Robert M. Moore

• Book ID: 104041356
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 272 KB
• Volume: 101
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0304-4203
• DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2006.03.003

✦ Synopsis

Experiments were conducted in the field to determine the non-chemical loss rate of methyl iodide in seawater and to examine production rates of methyl halides. The loss rate of added C13 labelled methyl iodide, present at concentrations similar to those found in seawater, corrected for chemical loss due to reaction with Cl -varied from b 1 to 18% day -1 , with a mean value of 7%. This rate of loss is much lower than that which was proposed by Bell et al. [