Light-driven cycling of dimethylsulfide (DMS) in the Sargasso Sea: Closing the loop

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Toole, Dierdre A ^a   Siegel, Davis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate feedbacks; Dimethylsulfide; DMS sulfur cycling; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; STRESS ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DIMETHYLSULPHIDE (DMS); PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESSES; PHYTOPLANKTONIC PROCESSES;

GEOPHYSICS;

DIMETHYLSULFIDE; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

EID: 3543065275     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019581     Document Type: Article

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