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Marine nitrogen fixation as a possible source of atmospheric water-soluble organic nitrogen aerosols in the subtropical North Pacific
Tsukasa Dobashi
Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University,
Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo,
060-0819, Japan
Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo,
060-0819, Japan
Eri Tachibana
Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo,
060-0819, Japan
Kazutaka Takahashi
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of
Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
Sachiko Horii
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of
Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
now at: Fisheries Resources Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and
Education Agency, Nagasaki, 851-2213, Japan
Fuminori Hashihama
Department of Ocean Sciences, Tokyo University of Marine Science and
Technology, Tokyo, 108-8477, Japan
Saori Yasui-Tamura
Department of Ocean Sciences, Tokyo University of Marine Science and
Technology, Tokyo, 108-8477, Japan
Yoko Iwamoto
Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University,
Hiroshima, 739-8521, Japan
Shu-Kuan Wong
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo,
Kashiwa, 277-8564, Japan
now at: National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, 190-8518, Japan
Koji Hamasaki
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo,
Kashiwa, 277-8564, Japan
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Short summary
Water-soluble organic nitrogen (WSON) in marine aerosols is important for biogeochemical cycling of bioelements. Our shipboard measurements suggested that reactive nitrogen produced and exuded by nitrogen-fixing microorganisms in surface seawater likely contributed to the formation of WSON aerosols in the subtropical North Pacific. This study provides new implications for the role of marine microbial activity in the formation of WSON aerosols in the ocean surface.
Water-soluble organic nitrogen (WSON) in marine aerosols is important for biogeochemical cycling...
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