TY - JOUR AU - Ortega-Retuerta, Eva AU - Passow, U. AU - Duarte Quesada, Carlos Manuel AU - Reche CaƱabate, Isabel PY - 2009 SN - 1726-4170 SN - 1726-4189 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10481/32275 AB - Transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) are the most ubiquitous gel particles in the ocean and form abiotically from dissolved precursors. Although these particles can accumulate at the ocean surface, being thus exposed to intense sunlight, the role of... LA - eng PB - Copernicus Publications; European Geosciences Union (EGU) KW - Dissolved organic matter KW - Sea surface microlayer KW - Humic substances KW - Carbon cycle KW - Gel phase KW - Ocean KW - Seawater KW - Phytoplankton KW - Degradation TI - Effects of ultraviolet B radiation on (not so) transparent exopolymer particles DO - 10.5194/bg-6-3071-2009 ER -