Bromoform production from seawater treated with bromoperoxidase

• Published in: Limnology and oceanography Vol. 57; no. 6; pp. 1857 - 1866
• Main Authors: Lin, Chia Yu, Manley, Steven L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Waco, TX John Wiley and Sons, Inc 01.11.2012; American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Geochemistry; Mineralogy; Physical and chemical properties of sea water; Physics of the oceans; Sea water ecosystems; Silicates; Synecology; Water geochemistry; Southern California; Pacific Ocean; California; Northeast Pacific; United States; North Pacific; chlorides; sea water; rivers; gas chromatograms; hydrogen peroxide; bromine; runoff; concentration; degradation; North America; halides; offshore; hydrochemistry; organic materials; phytoplankton; plankton

Bromoform (CHBr₃; 11–486 fmol L−1 h−1), dibromomethane (CH₂Br₂; 0–9.4 fmol L−1 h−1), and low amounts of chloride-substituted chlorobromomethanes were produced from southern California coastal surface seawater upon the addition of algal bromoperoxidase (BrPO) and hydrogen peroxide. Production was gre...