Is dimethyl sulphide production related to microzooplankton herbivory in the southern North Sea?

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 235-242

  Archer, S D ^a   Stelfox Widdicombe, C E ^a   Malin, G ^b   Burkill, P H ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLSULFIDE; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; HERBIVORY; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

NORTH SEA;

ANIMALIA; PHAEOCYSTIS;

EID: 0037327458     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/25.2.235     Document Type: Article

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