Primary and Secondary Organic Marine Aerosol and Oceanic Biological Activity: Recent Results and New Perspectives for Future Studies

Table 2

Summary of the sea spray OM contribution measured in the most recent sea spray production laboratory experiments.

Sea water sampling site	Max OM mass contribution [%]	Particle diameter [nm]	Notes	Reference
Sargasso Sea (oligotrophic)	~80	130	Only WSOC measured. No filtration	Keene et al. [34]
North Atlantic Ocean (algal bloom)	77 ± 5	125–250	WSOC and WIOC measured. Filtration.	Facchini et al. [22]
Moreton Bay (Australia)	4	71–77	Coastal water	Modini et al. [35]