Study on organic matter fractions in the surface microlayer in the Baltic Sea by spectrophotometric and spectrofluorometric methods

Drozdowska, Violetta; Wrobel, Iwona; Markuszewski, Piotr; Makuch, Przemysław; Raczkowska, Anna; Kowalczuk, Piotr

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-633-2017

Articles | Volume 13, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-633-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-633-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 5

Research article

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31 Aug 2017

Research article |

| 31 Aug 2017

Study on organic matter fractions in the surface microlayer in the Baltic Sea by spectrophotometric and spectrofluorometric methods

Violetta Drozdowska, Iwona Wrobel, Piotr Markuszewski, Przemysław Makuch, Anna Raczkowska, and Piotr Kowalczuk

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review 1', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Apr 2017
- AC3: 'Response to Reviewer #1', Violetta Drozdowska, 15 Jun 2017
RC2: 'Study on organic matter fractions in the surface microlayer in the Baltic Sea by spectrophotometric and spectrofluorometric methods', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 May 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to the review # 2', Violetta Drozdowska, 05 Jun 2017
RC3: 'A review', Anonymous Referee #3, 05 May 2017
- AC2: 'Responses to Reviewr #3', Violetta Drozdowska, 05 Jun 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Violetta Drozdowska on behalf of the Authors (04 Jul 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (12 Jul 2017) by Oliver Zielinski

AR by Violetta Drozdowska on behalf of the Authors (20 Jul 2017)

Short summary

The studies on the absorption and fluorescence properties of the organic molecules included in surface microlayer (SML) and subsurface (SS) waters confirm that (i) the process of the structural changes in molecules of HMW to LMW, due to effects of photo- and biodegradation, occurs faster in the SML than in the SS; (ii) the organic molecules contained in the SML have a smaller molecular mass than in the SS. Hence, SML can specifically modify the physical processes associated with the sea surface.