Sea surface microlayers: A unified physicochemical and biological perspective of the air–ocean interface

M Cunliffe, A Engel, S Frka, B Gašparović… - Progress in …, 2013 - Elsevier
The sea surface microlayer (SML) covers more than 70% of the Earth's surface and is the
boundary layer interface between the ocean and the atmosphere. This important …

The ocean's vital skin: Toward an integrated understanding of the sea surface microlayer

A Engel, HW Bange, M Cunliffe, SM Burrows… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Despite the huge extent of the ocean's surface, until now relatively little attention has been
paid to the sea surface microlayer (SML) as the ultimate interface where heat, momentum …

Temperature dependence of planktonic metabolism in the ocean

A Regaudie‐de‐Gioux… - Global Biogeochemical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Standard metabolic theory predicts that both respiration and photosynthesis should increase
with increasing temperature, albeit at different rates. However, test of this prediction for …

Microbiology of aquatic surface microlayers

M Cunliffe, RC Upstill-Goddard… - FEMS microbiology …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Aquatic surface microlayers are unique microbial ecosystems found at the air–water
interface of all open water bodies and are often referred to as the neuston. Unambiguous …

Heterotrophic bacterial respiration

C Robinson - Microbial ecology of the oceans, 2008 - research-portal.uea.ac.uk
Marine heterotrophic bacteria are ubiquitous and abundant, occurring from the sea surface
microlayer to the deepest ocean depths, at densities measured in millions of cells per …

Dissolved organic matter and bacterial production and respiration in the sea‐surface microlayer of the open Atlantic and the western Mediterranean Sea

T Reinthaler, E Sintes, GJ Herndl - Limnology and …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The sea‐surface microlayer (SML) is the boundary layer between the ocean and the
atmosphere. We measured bacterial production and respiration along with dissolved …

Aerosol inputs enhance new production in the subtropical northeast Atlantic

CM Duarte, J Dachs, M Llabrés… - Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric deposition is an important source of limiting nutrients to the ocean, potentially
stimulating oceanic biota. Atmospheric inputs can also deliver important amounts of organic …

Marine plastics alter the organic matter composition of the air-sea boundary layer, with influences on CO2 exchange: a large-scale analysis method to explore future …

L Galgani, E Tzempelikou, I Kalantzi, A Tsiola… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics are substrates for microbial activity and can influence biomass production. This
has potentially important implications in the sea-surface microlayer, the marine boundary …

High wind speeds prevent formation of a distinct bacterioneuston community in the sea-surface microlayer

J Rahlff, C Stolle, HA Giebel, T Brinkhoff… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The sea-surface microlayer (SML) at the boundary between atmosphere and hydrosphere
represents a demanding habitat for bacteria. Wind speed is a crucial but poorly studied …

Biochemical characteristics and bacterial community structure of the sea surface microlayer in the South Pacific Ocean

I Obernosterer, P Catala, R Lami, J Caparros… - …, 2008 - bg.copernicus.org
The chemical and biological characteristics of the surface microlayer were determined
during a transect across the South Pacific Ocean in October-December 2004 …