Contrasting seasonal patterns in dimethylsulfide, dimethylsulfoniopropionate, and chlorophyll a in a shallow North Carolina estuary and the Sargasso Sea

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-294

  Sunda, William G ^a   Hardison, D Ransom ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Climate; Dimethylsulfide; Dimethylsulfoniopropionate; DMS; DMSP; DMSP lyase; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Pigments; Seasonal patterns

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 59049085141     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01255     Document Type: Article

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51. Submitted: February 8, 2008; Accepted: October 10, 2008 Proofs received from author(s): December 1, 2008