Abstract: While the global ocean is an important source of atmospheric methyl iodide (CH3I), the major producers of CH3I within the ocean remain unclear. During a seasonal study in the NW Atlantic, the relationship between CH3I and some characteristic phytoplankton pigments was examined in order to identify possible phytoplankton producers of CH3I. Although no characteristic pigments exhibited a strong positive correlation with CH3I, in the surface mixed layer, there was a weak correlation (R = 0.35, n = 70, p = 0.003) between the concentrations of CH3I ...
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Topics: 
Oceanography
Atmospheric sciences