Role of vertical mixing in controlling the oceanic production of dimethyl sulphide

Nature

Volumn 402, Issue 6760, 1999, Pages 396-399

  Simó, Rafel ^a,b   Pedrós Alló, Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFIDE; SURFACE WATER;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PLANKTON; VERTICAL MIXING;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

ALGAE; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 0040435920     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/46516     Document Type: Article

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