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Atmospheric DMS in the Arctic Ocean and Its Relation to Phytoplankton Biomass
Author(s) -
Park KiTae,
Lee Kitack,
Kim TaeWook,
Yoon Young Jun,
Jang EunHo,
Jang Sehyun,
Lee BangYong,
Hermansen Ove
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
global biogeochemical cycles
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.512
H-Index - 187
eISSN - 1944-9224
pISSN - 0886-6236
DOI - 10.1002/2017gb005805
Subject(s) - phytoplankton , oceanography , dimethyl sulfide , environmental science , arctic , bloom , biomass (ecology) , spring bloom , algal bloom , geology , ecology , nutrient , chemistry , biology , sulfur , organic chemistry
We recorded and analyzed the atmospheric dimethyl sulfide (DMS) mixing ratios at a remote Arctic location (Svalbard; 78.5°N, 11.8°E) during phytoplankton bloom periods in the years 2010, 2014, and 2015 and found varying regional relationships between the atmospheric DMS and the extent of exposure of the air mass to the phytoplankton biomass in the ocean surrounding the observation site. The DMS production capacity of the Greenland Sea was estimated to be a factor of 3 greater than that of the Barents Sea, whereas the phytoplankton biomass in the Barents Sea was more than twofold than that in the Greenland Sea. These apparently contradictory results may be induced by the occurrence of a greater abundance of DMS‐producing phytoplankton in the Greenland Sea than in the Barents Sea during the phytoplankton bloom periods.