DMSP and DMS in the Northwest Atlantic: Late-summer distributions, production rates and sea-air fluxes

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 292-304

  Scarratt, Michael G ^a   Levasseur, Maurice ^a,b   Michaud, Sonia ^a   Roy, Sylvie ^a,c  

^a MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

Dimethylsulfide; Dimethylsulfoniopropionate; North Atlantic; Phytoplankton; Sulfur cycling; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SULFUR CYCLE; SURFACE WATER; TAXONOMY; TRANSECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 35148870236     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-007-0886-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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