Microbial production and consumption of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in a sea grass (Zostera noltii)-dominated marine intertidal sediment ecosystem (Bassin d'Arcachon, France)

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 163-172

  Jonkers, Henk M ^a   Van Bergeijk, Stef A ^b   Van Gemerden, Hans ^a  

^a Laboratory of Microbial Ecology   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dimethyl sulfide; Dimethylsulfoniopropionate; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFIDE;

DIMETHYLSULFIDE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; DEMETHYLATION; ECOSYSTEM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KINETICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; VEGETATION;

FRANCE;

ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 0033989054     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(99)00097-5     Document Type: Article

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