Effects of reduced ultraviolet radiation on aqueous concentrations of dimethylsulfoniopropionate and dimethylsulfide during a microcosm study in the Lower St. Lawrence Estuary

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 149, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 227-238

  Sakka, Asma ^a,e   Gosselin, Michel ^a   Levasseur, Maurice ^b   Michaud, Sonia ^b   Monfort, Patrick ^c   Demers, Serge ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Dimethylsulfide; Dimethylsulfoniopropionate; Microcosms; Photooxidation; Phytoplankton; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; DIMETHYLSULPHIDE; MICROCOSM; PHYTOPLANKTON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CANADA, QUEBEC, ST LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

EID: 0030619385     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps149227     Document Type: Article

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