English: Atmospheric stressors that reduce viability in marine microorganisms
Marine microorganisms are exposed to stressors in the atmosphere that potentially reduce viability: changes in water salinity and pH, temperature change, desiccation, and rehydration, exposure to free radicals and other oxidants, exposure to solar radiation (including UV). Other stressors include the rapid rates of environmental change that can occur on transport across the air-sea interface, and deposition in an unsuitable environment.