Communications Earth & Environment (Dec 2021)

Cryptogamic organisms are a substantial source and sink for volatile organic compounds in the Amazon region

  • Achim Edtbauer,
  • Eva Y. Pfannerstill,
  • Ana Paula Pires Florentino,
  • Cybelli G. G. Barbosa,
  • Emilio Rodriguez-Caballero,
  • Nora Zannoni,
  • Rodrigo P. Alves,
  • Stefan Wolff,
  • Anywhere Tsokankunku,
  • André Aptroot,
  • Marta de Oliveira Sá,
  • Alessandro C. de Araújo,
  • Matthias Sörgel,
  • Sylvia Mota de Oliveira,
  • Bettina Weber,
  • Jonathan Williams

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00328-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Cryptogamic organisms such as bryophytes and lichens contribute substantially to emissions of secondary organic aerosol precursors as well as to the uptake of atmospheric oxidation products over the Amazon rainforest, suggest measurements at a remote Amazon rainforest site.