Halocarbon emissions by selected tropical seaweeds: species-specific and compound-specific responses under changing pH.

ABSTRACT: Five tropical seaweeds, Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) Doty ex P.C. Silva, Padina australis Hauck, Sargassum binderi Sonder ex J. Agardh (syn. S. aquifolium (Turner) C. Agardh), Sargassum siliquosum J. Agardh and Turbinaria conoides (J. Agardh) Kützing, were incubated in seawater of pH 8.0, 7.8 (ambient), 7.6, 7.4 and 7.2, to study the effects of changing seawater pH on halocarbon emissions. Eight halocarbon species known to be emitted by seaweeds were investigated: bromoform (CHBr₃), dibro-momethane (CH₂Br₂), iodomethane (CH₃I), diiodomethane (CH₂I₂), bromoiodomethane (CH₂BrI), bromochlorometh-ane (CH₂BrCl), bromodichloromethane (CHBrCl₂), and dibro-mo

SUBMITTER: Mithoo-Singh PK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5270595 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature