Spatial Distribution of the Particulate Organic Ligand in the South Pacific Ocean Surface Waters

K. Hirose^1,2*, T. Saito³ and P.P. Povinec⁴

¹Department of Materials and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan

²Geosphere Research Institute, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama 338-8570, Japan

³Department of Life and Environment Sciences, Shokei University, Natori, Miyagi 981-1293, Japan

⁴Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, SK-842 48, Bratislava, Slovakia

^*Corresponding Author: K. Hirose, Department of Materials and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan, Tel: +81-29-895-0488, Fax: +81-29-895- 0488 Email: