Figure.Distribution of water masses in the North Pacific and the concentration and origin of particulate thiols in each water mass (IMAGE)

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Figure.Distribution of water masses in the North Pacific and the concentration and origin of particulate thiols in each water mass

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Samplings were carried out in the surface waters at stations OP3-OP17 (left). Average particulate thiol concentrations, normalized to chlorophyll a concentrations in each water mass:, i.e. PEW (Pacific Equatorial Water), NECC (North Equatorial Counter Current), NPCW (North Pacific Central Water), NPTZ (North Pacific Transition Zone), and PSUW (Pacific Subarctic Upper Water), were compared with those measured in the cells of two phytoplankton species, Synechococcus sp. and Thalassiosira nordenskioeldii (right). Values greater than 1 likely indicate the presence of “preformed” thiols.

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Reprinted from Science of The Total Environment, Kuo Hong Wong et al. (2025), © Elsevier. Reprinted with permission. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180977

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