Macroscale patterns of the biological cycling of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and dimethylsulfide (DMS) in the Northwest Atlantic

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 183-200

  Lizotte, Martine ^a   Levasseur, Maurice ^a   Michaud, Sonia ^b   Scarratt, Michael G ^b   Merzouk, Anissa ^a   Gosselin, Michel ^c   Pommier, Julien ^d   Rivkin, Richard B ^e   Kiene, Ronald P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^e MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Dimethylsulfide (DMS); Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP); North Atlantic; Phytoplankton; Solar radiation; Sulfur cycling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GYRE; MICROPLANKTON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SULFIDE; SULFUR CYCLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 84867141842     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-011-9698-4     Document Type: Article

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