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Articles | Volume 16, issue 7
Articles | Volume 16, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4579-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4579-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 16, issue 7
Research article
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13 Apr 2016
Research article |  | 13 Apr 2016

Particle water and pH in the eastern Mediterranean: source variability and implications for nutrient availability

Aikaterini Bougiatioti, Panayiota Nikolaou, Iasonas Stavroulas, Giorgos Kouvarakis, Rodney Weber, Athanasios Nenes, Maria Kanakidou, and Nikolaos Mihalopoulos

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Atmospheric aerosols and relevant parameters were measured in the eastern Mediterranean during summer and fall 2012. Submicron aerosol water can contribute up to 33 % of total mass, and 27.5 % of this can be associated with organics. Using these data, the pH of the submicron aerosols was calculated to be highly acidic, varying from 0.5 to 2.8 and independently of air masses origin. Such pH values could increase nutrient availability and thus sea water productivity of the Mediterranean Sea.
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