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Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy - DTU Orbit

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<strong>the</strong> anion exchange chromatography method <strong>of</strong> Hou et al. (2007) coupled with accelerator mass<br />

spectrometry (AMS) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) respectively to<br />

investigate 129 I and 127 I speciation as iodide and iodate and total inorganic iodine in seawater pr<strong>of</strong>ile samples<br />

collected from 16 locations in August 2006 and 19 locations in April 2007 in <strong>the</strong> Baltic Proper, Skagerrak<br />

and Kattegat. Our results are in agreement with previously published data (Hou et al., 2001, Hou et al.,<br />

2002) supporting a clearly decreasing gradient <strong>of</strong> concentrations <strong>of</strong> 129 I from nor<strong>the</strong>rn Kattegat to <strong>the</strong> Baltic<br />

Sea (in Paper II).<br />

Previous data on surface water in <strong>the</strong> English Channel indicate 129 I-iodate as being <strong>the</strong> predominate species<br />

<strong>for</strong>m, while in surface water <strong>of</strong> central and nor<strong>the</strong>rn parts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> North Sea, relatively high concentrations <strong>of</strong><br />

129 I-iodide were reported (Hou et al., 2007). A similar speciation pattern is also shown by <strong>the</strong> results<br />

presented here (in Paper III) <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> surface water samples collected from <strong>the</strong> Skagerrak-Kattegat. Through<br />

<strong>the</strong> Baltic Sea high values <strong>of</strong> 129 I - / 129 IO3 - (2.4-30.5 in April 2007 and 2.4-99.2 in August 2006) was<br />

observed, especially in surface water (in Paper III). Thus, most 129 IO3 - becomes reduced to 129 I - as North<br />

Sea water is flowing from Kattegat through <strong>the</strong> Belt Sea and mixes with <strong>the</strong> Baltic Sea water (In paper III).<br />

However, this reduction may not necessarily take place in <strong>the</strong> oxygen deficient waters but may ra<strong>the</strong>r be due<br />

to biotic factors, taking place in <strong>the</strong> surface.<br />

The depletion <strong>of</strong> 129 IO3 - and enrichment <strong>of</strong> 129 I - , in <strong>the</strong> surface water <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> south Baltic Sea during <strong>the</strong><br />

summer 2006 (algal bloom) and spring 2007 may be linked to <strong>the</strong> reduction <strong>of</strong> NO3 - to NO2 - by marine<br />

organism uptake. Recent literature (Campos et al., 1999; Wong, 2001) assumes that <strong>the</strong> NO3 - and IO3 - are<br />

taken up by marine organism in surface sea water and almost all <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> IO3 - is released as I - . The distribution<br />

<strong>of</strong> NO3 - concentrations in <strong>the</strong> same geographic region as was covered in this work were obtained from <strong>the</strong><br />

WORLD OCEAN DATABASE (http://www.nodc.noaa.gov). These data show similar pattern <strong>of</strong> NO3 - /NO2 -<br />

and 129 IO3 - / 129 I - in <strong>the</strong> south Baltic Sea during <strong>the</strong> summer 2006 and spring 2007(unpublished results).<br />

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