Dimethylsulfide (DMS) and dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) in relation to phytoplankton in the Gulf of Maine

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 137, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 229-241

  Townsend, David W ^a   Keller, Maureen D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

DMS; DMSP; Gulf of Maine; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATIONS; DIMETHYLSULPHIDE; DMSP; PHYTOPLANKTON;

GULF OF MAINE;

EID: 0029669634     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps137229     Document Type: Article

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