Spring-summer emission of dimethyl sulphide from the North-western Mediterranean Sea

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 671-677

  Simo R ^a,b   Grimalt, J O ^a  

^a DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air sea exchange; Biogenic sulphur; Dimethyl sulphide; Emission flux; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; SULFUR EMISSION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032213155     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1998.0386     Document Type: Article

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