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Dimethylsulphide (DMS) photo-oxidation and dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO) photoproduction were estimated in 26 laboratory irradiations of coastal samples from NE England (Tyne estuary) and W Scotland (Loch Linnhe and River Nant at Taynuilt). Pseudo-first order rate constants of DMS photo-oxidation (0.038 h-1 to 0.345 h-1) and DMSO photo-production (0.017 h-1 to 0.283 h-1) varied by one order of magnitude and were lowest in the coastal North Sea. Estuarine samples (salinity S<30) had a mean DMSO yield of 96±16% (n=14), consistent with 1:1 molar conversion via photosensitised oxidation by singlet oxygen. Photochemical rate constants were strongly correlated with coloured dissolved organic matter (CDOM) absorption coefficients at 350 nm, a350. Variations in a350 explained 61% (R2=0.61, n=26) and 73% (R2=0.73, n=17) of the variability in DMS photo-oxidation and DMSO production, respectively. However, CDOM normalised photochemical rate constants increased strongly towards coastal waters exhibiting lowest CDOM absorbance, indicating water samples of marine character (S>30) to be most reactive with respect to DMS photo-oxidation. Estimates of water column averaged DMS photo-oxidation rate constants, obtained by scaling to mean daily irradiance (July, NE England) and mid-UV underwater irradiance, were 0.012 d-1, 0.019 d-1, and 0.017 d-1 for upper estuary (S<20), lower estuary (20<S<30) and coastal waters (S>30), at the lower end of previous observations. Comparing our water column averaged DMS photo-oxidation rate constants with estimated DMS losses via air-sea gas exchange and previously reported biological consumption implies that DMS photochemical removal is of only minor importance in our study area.
Author(s): Uher G, Pillans JJ, Hatton AD, Upstill-Goddard RC
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Chemosphere
Year: 2017
Volume: 186
Pages: 805-816
Print publication date: 01/11/2017
Online publication date: 11/08/2017
Acceptance date: 10/08/2017
Date deposited: 10/08/2017
ISSN (print): 0045-6535
Publisher: Elsevier
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.08.050
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.08.050
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