Kraus, Romina; Ivošević DeNardis, Nadica (2023) Tracking the Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Organic Particlesto Predict Macroaggregation in the Northern Adriatic Sea. Water, 15 . ISSN 2073-4441
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Abstract
In the last two decades, the phenomenon of macroaggregation has become more frequent in the Mediterranean Sea and beyond, but it has disappeared in the northern Adriatic. The aim of this study was to present, for the first time, the concentration of surface-active particles (SAP) at selected sampling stations in the northern Adriatic Sea, as well as phytoplankton and chlorophyll data and physical properties of seawater, in order to investigate the role of SAP in macroaggregation. We used an electrochemical method (polarography and amperometry) to directly and throughput characterize fragile organic material in terms of its dissolved and particulate state in seawater samples. The results show that the concentration of SAP is subject to seasonal variations and was generally higher in the western region. In addition, an increase in surfactant activity and concentration of SAP was detected in the subsurface layer and in the stratified column prior to the mucilage event, which may be related to the very high abundance of Skeletonema marinoi, a diatom characteristic of the winter bloom in the region. We noted an order of magnitude higher concentration of SAP than typically observed in late winter/early spring, which serves as a precursor to the macroaggregation that occurs under certain environmental and oceanographic conditions in marine systems.
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Adriatic Sea ; adhesion ; adsorption ; chronoamperometry ; diatoms ; macroaggregation ; organic matter ; Skeletonema marinoi ; surface-active particles | ||||||||||||||||
| Subjects: | NATURAL SCIENCES > Geology NATURAL SCIENCES > Interdisciplinary Natural Sciences |
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| Divisions: | Center for Marine Research Division for Marine and Enviromental Research |
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| Depositing User: | Sofija Konjević | ||||||||||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 12 May 2023 06:45 | ||||||||||||||||
| URI: | http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/7971 | ||||||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.3390/w15091665 |
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