Screening volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions from five marine phytoplankton species by head space gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (HS-GC/MS).
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).
Colomb
Aurélie
A
Air Chemistry Department, Max-Planck Institute for Chemistry, J J Becher Weg 27, Mainz, D-55020, Germany.
Yassaa
Noureddine
N
Williams
Jonathan
J
Peeken
Ilka
I
Lochte
Karin
K
D000818:Animals; D002070:Butadienes / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D045782:Hemiterpenes / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity; D006846:Hydrocarbons, Halogenated / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity; D010420:Pentanes / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity; D010839:Phytoplankton / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D022882:Trihalomethanes / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity; D014835:Volatilization; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity
D002070:Butadienes; D045782:Hemiterpenes; D006846:Hydrocarbons, Halogenated; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D010420:Pentanes; D022882:Trihalomethanes; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C005059:isoprene