Is dmsp synthesis in chlorophycean macro-algae linked to aerial dispersal?

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 265-278

  Welsh, D T ^a   Viaroli, P ^a   Hamilton, W D ^b   Lenton, T M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate regulation; Cloud albedo; Cumulus cloud formation; Dispersal mechanisms; DMS; DMSP; Macro algae

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033198641     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1999.9522827     Document Type: Article

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