A 3-year time series of volatile organic iodocarbons in Bedford Basin, Nova Scotia: a northwestern Atlantic fjord

摘要

We report weekly observations of volatile organic iodocarbons ( CHsub3/subI , CHsub2/subClI and CHsub2/subIsub2/sub ) over the time period May?2015 to December?2017 from four?depths in Bedford Basin, a coastal fjord (70?m deep) on the Atlantic coast of Canada. The fjord is subject to wintertime mixing, seasonal stratification and bloom dynamics, subsurface oxygen depletion, local input of freshwater, and occasional intrusions of higher-density water from the adjacent continental shelf. Near-surface concentrations showed strong seasonal and sub-seasonal variability, which is compared with other coastal time series. The vertical variation of CHsub2/subIsub2/sub and CHsub2/subClI within the upper 10?m is consistent with rapid photolysis of CHsub2/subIsub2/sub . Average annual sea-to-air fluxes (46.7?nmol?m sup?2/sup day sup?1/sup ) of total volatile organic iodine were similar to those observed in other coastal and shelf time series, and polyiodinated compounds contributed 80?% of the total flux. Fluxes were subject to strong interannual variability (a factor of?2) mainly due to wind speed variability. Near-surface net production of CHsub3/subI averaged 1?pmol?L sup?1/sup day sup?1/sup and was similar to rates in the English Channel but an order of magnitude higher than in shallow waters of the Kiel Fjord, Germany, possibly due to higher microbial degradation in the latter. The near-bottom (60?m) time series showed evidence of CHsub3/subI production associated with organic matter degradation and a possible “switch” from the production of CHsub3/subI via an alkylation pathway to the production of CHsub2/subIsub2/sub by a haloform-type reaction. Near-bottom CHsub3/subI production varied strongly between years but was generally ca.?20?times lower than near-surface production.