Impact and fate of biomass burning-particles in the Mediterranean seawater using carbon stable isotopes, radiocarbon dating, and modeling<\/strong><\/h3>\u00a0<\/p>
PI<\/strong> : Christos-Panagiotopoulos<\/a><\/p>Lab partners<\/strong> : CEFREM <\/strong>(P. Keherv\u00e9<\/a>); CEREGE <\/strong>(E. Bard<\/a>); EPFL <\/strong>(A. Nenes<\/a>)<\/p>\u00a0<\/p>
FIRETRAC<\/strong><\/span> main aim is to shed light on B<\/strong>urning B<\/strong>iomass (BB<\/strong>) and wildfire-produced atmospheric particle dynamics in marine waters and establish their link with the marine B<\/strong>iological C<\/strong>arbon P<\/strong>ump (BCP<\/strong>). Such information will give a very strong evidence if BB associated molecules (BB tracers such as anhydrosugars and polyaromatic hydrocarbons or PAHs) have the potential to be rapidly mineralized, and thus re-injected to C-cycle as CO2<\/sub>or stored for several thousands of years in the dissolved organic matter (DOM) pool\/or marine sediments. To do so FIRETRAC<\/strong><\/span> project is declined in three main objectives:<\/p>- Objective 1 <\/em>:<\/strong><\/u> To monitor anhydrosugar and PAH concentrations monitoring over a 2-year period in 3 specific offshore coastal sites in the North Western Mediterranean Sea (NW Med. Sea) which will help to establish\/improve local carbon budgets to coastal areas with respect to CO2<\/sub> emissions.\u00a0<\/li>
- Objective 2 <\/em>:<\/strong><\/u> To perform anhydrosugar specific isotope measurements (\u03b413<\/sup>C, \u220614<\/sup>C) in BB-particles, DOM and marine sediments to understand the origin and fate of anhydrosugars in the marine environment and establish the link (if any) between BB-particles and BCP.<\/li>
- Objective 3 <\/em>:<\/strong><\/u> To perform biodegradation experiments under controlled laboratory conditions using anhydrosugar standards under the presence of marine bacteria which will provide important knowledge on the short-term dynamics on the fate of anhydrosugars in the marine environment.<\/li><\/ul> <\/div> <\/div><\/section><\/div>
Lab partners<\/strong> : CEFREM <\/strong>(P. Keherv\u00e9<\/a>); CEREGE <\/strong>(E. Bard<\/a>); EPFL <\/strong>(A. Nenes<\/a>)<\/p> \u00a0<\/p> FIRETRAC<\/strong><\/span> main aim is to shed light on B<\/strong>urning B<\/strong>iomass (BB<\/strong>) and wildfire-produced atmospheric particle dynamics in marine waters and establish their link with the marine B<\/strong>iological C<\/strong>arbon P<\/strong>ump (BCP<\/strong>). Such information will give a very strong evidence if BB associated molecules (BB tracers such as anhydrosugars and polyaromatic hydrocarbons or PAHs) have the potential to be rapidly mineralized, and thus re-injected to C-cycle as CO2<\/sub>or stored for several thousands of years in the dissolved organic matter (DOM) pool\/or marine sediments. To do so FIRETRAC<\/strong><\/span> project is declined in three main objectives:<\/p>