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Photochemical Processes in the Euphotic Zone of Sea Water: Progress and Problems

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Chemistry of Marine Water and Sediments

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There has been an increasing interest in the photochemical processes that occur in the surface waters of the oceans and other natural waters. The sunlight aquatic environment, which includes the euphotic zone, aerosols, the surface microlayer and the sediment-water interface in shallow areas, is a likely site for photochemical transformations of dissolved and particulate non-living matter, both organic and inorganic (Zafiriou et al. 1984). The most obvious evidence of photoreaction in aquatic environments is the widespread presence of phytoplankton and other light-dependent underwater plants, and much effort has been directed towards the mathematical description of photosynthesis by freshwater as well as marine phytoplankton.

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  1. Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Università di Palermo, Via delle Scienze, I-90128, Palermo, Italy

    Antonio Gianguzza

  2. Dipartimento di Chimica Analitica, Università di Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 5, I-10125, Torino, Italy

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Pelizzetti, E., Calza, P. (2002). Photochemical Processes in the Euphotic Zone of Sea Water: Progress and Problems. In: Gianguzza, A., Pelizzetti, E., Sammartano, S. (eds) Chemistry of Marine Water and Sediments. Environmental Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04935-8_3

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