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    Distribution of thiols in the northwest Atlantic Ocean

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    Date
    2013-02
    Author
    Kading, Tristan  Concept link
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    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/5711
    Location
    Northwest Atlantic Ocean
    Sargasso Sea
    DOI
    10.1575/1912/5711
    Keyword
     Seawater; Thiols; Oceanus (Ship : 1975-) Cruise OC466; Atlantic Exploer (Ship) Cruise AE10713 
    Abstract
    Thiol substances can form stable complexes with metals (especially copper and mercury) in the surface ocean that can impact cycling and bioavailability of those elements. In this study, I present seven concentration profiles of cysteine and glutathione, two low-molecular weight thiols, from the coastal northwest Atlantic Ocean and the Bermuda Atlantic Time Series (BATS) sampling site in the Sargasso Sea, a first for these regions. These two thiols were found in the upper 200 meters of the ocean at all sites, and the total thiol concentration varied from 0.2 to 3.2 nM. The highest concentration of both thiols was found at the deep chlorophyll maximum in most samples. Thiol concentrations were higher on the continental shelf than in the open ocean. The observed distribution of cysteine and glutathione and thermodynamic stability of copper complexes suggests that Cu(I)-dithiol complexes may be the dominant surface ocean copper and thiol species. Mercury-thiol complexes were also present in thermodynamically modeled seawater, which may provide a vector for mercury uptake in the surface ocean.
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    Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution February 2013
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    Thesis: Kading, Tristan, "Distribution of thiols in the northwest Atlantic Ocean", 2013-02, DOI:10.1575/1912/5711, https://hdl.handle.net/1912/5711
     

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