| Title: | Screening volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions from five marine phytoplankton species by head space gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (HS-GC/MS) |
| Author(s): | Colomb A; Yassaa N; Williams J; Peeken I; Lochte K; |
| Address: | "Air Chemistry Department, Max-Planck Institute for Chemistry, J J Becher Weg 27, Mainz, D-55020, Germany" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1464-0325 (Print) 1464-0325 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Five marine cosmopolitan phytoplankton species namely; Calcidiscus leptoporus, Emiliania huxleyi, Phaeodactylum tricornutum, Chaetoceros neogracilis and Dunaliella tertiolecta were screened for emissions of selected VOCs using head space gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (HS-GC/MS) in single ion mode. The VOCs investigated included isoprene and various halogenated compounds. Among the different algae groups, the two diatoms Ch. neogracilis and P. tricornutum were the strongest emitters of methyl bromide (CH3Br), and Ch. neogracilis was the strongest emitter of isoprene. Furthermore, we present evidence that several chlorinated organic compounds, normally considered as anthropogenic, can be produced from marine phytoplankton (namely chloroform, dichloromethane, trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, chlorobenzene and dichlorobenzene)" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Butadienes/analysis/toxicity Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry/*methods Hemiterpenes/analysis/toxicity Hydrocarbons, Halogenated/analysis/toxicity *Organic Chemicals/analysis/toxicity Pentanes/analysis/toxicity Phytoplankton/*drug effects/physi;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineColomb, Aurelie Yassaa, Noureddine Williams, Jonathan Peeken, Ilka Lochte, Karin eng England 2008/04/09 J Environ Monit. 2008 Mar; 10(3):325-30. doi: 10.1039/b715312k. Epub 2008 Feb 14" |
