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Science 10 July 1981:
Vol. 213. no. 4504, pp. 209 - 211
DOI: 10.1126/science.213.4504.209
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Generation of Stabilized Microbubbles in Seawater

BRUCE D. JOHNSON 1 and ROBERT C. COOKE 1

1 Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4J1

Bubbles of less than 1 micrometer and as large as 13.5 micrometers in diameter, stabilized by an apparent compression of substances sorbed onto their surfaces, were examined to determine their physical and temporal stability. Their ease of formation is related to the qualities of the water in which they are formed. Their presence in the water column must now be considered when interpreting acoustic data gathered to determine marine bubble populations.

Submitted on January 5, 1981
Revised on March 20, 1981

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