Dimethyl sulfide emissions from a sedimental microbial ecosystem subject to diel variations of oxic and anoxic conditions: A simple mathematical model

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-16

  Van Den Berg, Hugo A ^a   Jonkers, Henk M ^b   Van Bergeijk, Stef A ^c   Kooijman, Sebastiaan A L M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compartment model; Diel cycle; Dimethylsulfide oxidation; Dimethylsulfoniopropionate cleavage; Dimethylsulfoniopropionate demethylation; Microbial mat

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DEMETHYLATION; ECOSYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

EID: 0032080386     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00016-6     Document Type: Article

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