Analysis of surfactant-associated bacteria in the sea surface microlayer using deoxyribonucleic acid sequencing and synthetic aperture radar

Authors

Georgia Parks, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Cayla W. Dean, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
John Alexander Kluge, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Alexander Soloviev, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Mahmood S. Shivji, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Aurelien Tartar, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Kathryn L. Howe, Florida State University
Susanne Lehner, German Aerospace CenterFollow
Egbert Schwarz, German Aerospace Center
Hui Shen, Bedford Institute of Oceanography
William Perrie, Bedford Institute of OceanographyFollow
Paul Schuler, Oil Spill Response LimitedFollow

ORCID

0000-0003-3848-1690, 0000-0002-2743-3602, 0000-0001-6519-1547, 0000-0001-7017-6835

ResearcherID

G-4080-2013

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

International Journal of Remote Sensing

ISSN

0143-1161

Publication Date

1-19-2020

Abstract

The sea surface microlayer (SML) is the upper 1 mm of the ocean, where Earth’s biogeochemical processes occur between the ocean and atmosphere. It is physicochemically distinct from the water below and highly variable in space and time due to changing physical conditions. Some microorganisms influence the composition of the SML by producing surfactants for biological functions that accumulate on the surface, decrease surface tension, and create slicks. Slicks can be visible to the eye and in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imagery. This study focuses on surfactant-associated bacteria in the near-surface layer and their role in slick formation where oil is present.

DOI

10.1080/01431161.2019.1708508

Volume

41

Issue

10

First Page

3886

Last Page

3901

Comments

© 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Additional Comments

This research was made possible by a grant from the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative to Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment (CARTHE) and an Office of Naval Research Award N00014-18-1-2835.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

NSUWorks Citation

Georgia Parks, Cayla W. Dean, John Alexander Kluge, Alexander Soloviev, Mahmood S. Shivji, Aurelien Tartar, Kathryn L. Howe, Susanne Lehner, Egbert Schwarz, Hui Shen, William Perrie, and Paul Schuler. 2020. Analysis of surfactant-associated bacteria in the sea surface microlayer using deoxyribonucleic acid sequencing and synthetic aperture radar .International Journal of Remote Sensing , (10) : 3886 -3901. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/1118.