Sea surface microlayer in a changing ocean – A perspective
The sea surface microlayer (SML) is the boundary interface between the atmosphere and ocean, covering about 70% of the Earth’s surface. With an operationally defined thickness between 1 and 1000 μm, the SML has physicochemical and biological properties that are measurably distinct from underlying wa...
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| author | Oliver Wurl Werner Ekau William M. Landing Christopher J. Zappa |
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| description | The sea surface microlayer (SML) is the boundary interface between the atmosphere and ocean, covering about 70% of the Earth’s surface. With an operationally defined thickness between 1 and 1000 μm, the SML has physicochemical and biological properties that are measurably distinct from underlying waters. Recent studies now indicate that the SML covers the ocean to a significant extent, and evidence shows that it is an aggregate-enriched biofilm environment with distinct microbial communities. Because of its unique position at the air-sea interface, the SML is central to a range of global biogeochemical and climate-related processes. The redeveloped SML paradigm pushes the SML into a new and wider context that is relevant to many ocean and climate sciences. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-df975da49e1e4ba1af6efbaf5bcbc5aa2022-12-21T20:36:26ZengBioOneElementa: Science of the Anthropocene2325-10262017-06-01510.1525/elementa.228173Sea surface microlayer in a changing ocean – A perspectiveOliver Wurl0Werner Ekau1William M. Landing2Christopher J. Zappa3Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, 26382 WilhelmshavenLeibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, 28359 BremenFlorida State University, Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Tallahassee, FLLamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, 10964The sea surface microlayer (SML) is the boundary interface between the atmosphere and ocean, covering about 70% of the Earth’s surface. With an operationally defined thickness between 1 and 1000 μm, the SML has physicochemical and biological properties that are measurably distinct from underlying waters. Recent studies now indicate that the SML covers the ocean to a significant extent, and evidence shows that it is an aggregate-enriched biofilm environment with distinct microbial communities. Because of its unique position at the air-sea interface, the SML is central to a range of global biogeochemical and climate-related processes. The redeveloped SML paradigm pushes the SML into a new and wider context that is relevant to many ocean and climate sciences.https://www.elementascience.org/articles/228sea surface microlayerclimate changeair-sea interactionmarine pollutantsfisherymarine habitat |
| spellingShingle | Oliver Wurl Werner Ekau William M. Landing Christopher J. Zappa Sea surface microlayer in a changing ocean – A perspective Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene sea surface microlayer climate change air-sea interaction marine pollutants fishery marine habitat |
| title | Sea surface microlayer in a changing ocean – A perspective |
| title_full | Sea surface microlayer in a changing ocean – A perspective |
| title_fullStr | Sea surface microlayer in a changing ocean – A perspective |
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| title_short | Sea surface microlayer in a changing ocean – A perspective |
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| topic | sea surface microlayer climate change air-sea interaction marine pollutants fishery marine habitat |
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