Bacterial DMSP metabolism during the senescence of the spring diatom bloom in the Northwest Atlantic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 369, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-11

  Merzouk, Anissa ^a   Levasseur, Maurice ^b   Scarratt, Michael ^c   Michaud, Sonia ^c   Lizotte, Martine ^b   Rivkin, Richard B ^d   Kiene, Ronald P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial metabolism; Bloom senescence; DMSP cycling; Northwest Atlantic Ocean

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; DIATOM; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; METABOLISM; POPULATION DECLINE; SENESCENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 56149113606     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07664     Document Type: Article

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