Development and Application of Solid Phase Microextraction to the Measurement of Methylamines in Seawater |
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Charlotte Cree1,2, Ruth Airs2 and Mark Fitzsimons1 |
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Biogeochemistry Research Centre, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, U.K. |
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Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, Plymouth PL1 3DH, U.K. |
Presented at: 6th International Symposium on the Biological and Environmental Chemistry of DMS(P) and Related Compounds, Barcelona, Spain, 26-30 May 2014 |
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The methylamines (MAs) are ubiquitous in the marine environment and thought to be atmospherically active. Produced primarily by the degradation of glycine betaine (GBT), the MAs can, as neutral species, diffuse across the air-sea interface. Here, they potentially form cloudcondensing nuclei which can affect cloud cover. The chemical properties of the MAs mean that their determination presents a particular analytical challenge.
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