Factors determining the vertical profile of dimethylsulfide in the Sargasso Sea during summer

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 10-13, 2008, Pages 1505-1518

  Gabric, A J ^a   Matrai, P A ^b   Kiene, R P ^c   Cropp, R ^a   Dacey, J W H ^d   DiTullio, G R ^e   Najjar, R G ^f   Simo R ^g   Toole, D A ^d   delValle, D A ^c   Slezak, D ^c,h  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e School of Business   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dimethylsulfide (DMS); Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP); Modelling; Oceanic eddies; Picophytoplankton

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENTS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DIMETHYLSULFIDE (DMS); DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE (DMSP); OCEANIC EDDIES; PICOPHYTOPLANKTON;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIMETHYLSULFIDE; GAS EXCHANGE; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROORGANISM; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PHOTOLYSIS; SUMMER; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 44749087645     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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