Dimethylsulfoniopropionate cleavage by marine phytoplankton in response to mechanical, chemical, or dark stress

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 948-960

  Wolfe, Gordon V ^a,b   Strom, Suzanne L ^a   Holmes, Jan L ^a   Radzio, T ^a   BradyOlson, M ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexandrium fundyense; Alexandrium tamarense; Dark stress; Dimethyl sulfide; Dimethylsulfoniopropionate; Dinophyceae; Emiliania huxleyi; Exocytosis; Haptophyceae; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

CLEAVAGE; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALEXANDRIUM; ALEXANDRIUM FUNDYENSE; ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; EUKARYOTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PROTISTA;

EID: 0036806468     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2002.t01-1-01100.x     Document Type: Article

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