Concentrations of dimethylsulphoniopropionate and activities of dimethylsulphide-producing enzymes in batch cultures of nine dinoflagellate species

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 87-107

  Caruana, A M N ^a   Steinke, M ^b   Turner, S M ^a   Malin, Gill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Batch cultures; Carbon; Dinoflagellates; DMS producing enzymes; DMSP; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COOLING; DATA SET; DATABASE; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLASTID; SULFIDE; TRACE GAS;

ANTARCTICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTHECODINIUM COHNII; DINOPHYCEAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84867141813     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-012-9705-4     Document Type: Article

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