Katharina Paetz

Buoyancy and polarity driven accumulation of dissolved organic matter in the sea surface microlayer during a phytoplankton bloom

Abstract. The sea surface microlayer (SML) is only 1–1000 µm thick but resembles a biologically and geochemically very active boundary that modulates the exchange of energy and matter between the ocean and atmosphere. Globally, the SML accumulates up to 200 Tg C yr−1 of organic m...