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Science 26 June 1970:
Vol. 168. no. 3939, pp. 1577 - 1579
DOI: 10.1126/science.168.3939.1577
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Production of Carbon Monoxide and Gaseous Hydrocarbons in Seawater: Relation to Dissolved Organic Carbon

D. F. Wilson 1, J. W. Swinnerton 1, and R. A. Lamontagne 1

1 Ocean Sciences Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20390

Carbon monoxide, ethylene, and propylene were produced in illuminated, cell-free distilled water or natural seawater systems to which dissolved organic matter produced by phytoplankton had been added. Methane and the higher saturated gaseous hydrocarbons were not produced. In the dark, little or no carbon monoxide and no hydrocarbons were produced in the distilled water systems; only carbon monoxide was produced in natural seawater, but less was produced than in the light.


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