Effect of acidification on preservation of DMSP in seawater and phytoplankton cultures: Evidence for rapid loss and cleavage of DMSP in samples containing Phaeocystis sp.

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 124, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 57-67

  Del Valle, Daniela A ^a,b   Slezak, Doris ^a,b,c   Smith, Casey M ^a,b   Rellinger, Alison N ^a,b   Kieber, David J ^d   Kiene, Ronald P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Dimethylsulfide; Dimethylsulfoniopropionate; DMS; DMSP; DMSP lyase; Emiliania huxleyi; Phaeocystis

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALGA; ALGAL BLOOM; CLEAVAGE; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INHIBITOR; METABOLITE; PH; PHYTOPLANKTON; SAMPLING; SEAWATER;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGAE; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; PHAEOCYSTIS; PHAEOCYSTIS ANTARCTICA; PHAEOCYSTIS GLOBOSA;

EID: 79953331002     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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