TABLE 5.
Mean (ng m–2 h–1 ± SE) nitrogen-containing VOC emissions measured in three microbiological habitats on the southern Greenland ice sheet.
| Compound | Red snow | Cryoconite hole | Ice surface | References |
| Benzonitrile | n.d. | 39 ± 17 | 156 ± 34 | |
| 1-Cyano-1-phenylbutyl ester ethaneperoxoic acid | n.d. | 4 ± 3 | 24 ± 5 | |
| Benzamide | n.d. | 8 ± 3 | 19 ± 3 | |
| Diethyltoluamide | n.d. | 4 ± 1 | 11 ± 3 | |
| Hexanenitrile | n.d. | 3 ± 1 | 6 ± 1 | Fungal (Claeson et al., 2002) |
| Unknown nitro 1 | n.d. | 1 ± 0 | 4 ± 1 | |
| N,N-diethylformamide | n.d. | 4 ± 3 | 1 ± 0 |
n.d., not detected; nitro, nitrogen-containing VOC. When available, references are included for compounds that have previously been reported as algal, cyanobacterial, bacterial, or fungal VOCs.