Particulate dimethylsulfoxide in Arctic sea-ice algal communities: The cryoprotectant hypothesis revisited

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 488-499

  Lee, Peter A ^a,d   De Mora, Stephen J ^a,f   Gosselin, Michel ^a   Levasseur, Maurice ^b   Bouillon, René Christian ^a,e   Nozais, Christian ^a   Michel, Christine ^c  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

Author keywords

Arctic; Cryoprotectant; Dimethylsulfoniopropionate; Dimethylsulfoxide; Free radical scavenger; Intracellular electrolyte modifier; Metabolite; North Water; Northern Baffin Bay; Sea ice algal communities

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; ICE ALGA;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0034852929     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2001.037004488.x     Document Type: Article

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