Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and dimethyl sulfide (DMS) cycling across contrasting biological hotspots of the New Zealand subtropical front

Lizotte, Martine; Levasseur, Maurice; Law, Cliff S.; Walker, Carolyn F.; Safi, Karl A.; Marriner, Andrew; Kiene, Ronald P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-961-2017

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Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and dimethyl sulfide (DMS) cycling across contrasting biological hotspots of the New Zealand subtropical front

Martine Lizotte, Maurice Levasseur, Cliff S. Law, Carolyn F. Walker, Karl A. Safi, Andrew Marriner, and Ronald P. Kiene

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RC1: 'revision', Maria Vila-Costa, 21 Jun 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1. os-2017-32 Lizotte et al.', M. Lizotte, 06 Sep 2017
RC2: 'Review of Lizotte et al. for Ocean Sci', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Jun 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 2. os-2017-32 Lizotte et al.', M. Lizotte, 06 Sep 2017

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (16 Oct 2017) by Mike Harvey (deceased)

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Short summary

During a 4-week oceanographic cruise in 2012, we investigated the water masses bordering the subtropical front near New Zealand as sources of the biogenic gas dimethyl sulfide (DMS). DMS oxidation products may influence the atmospheric radiative budget of the Earth. Concentrations of DMS were high in the study region and DMS's precursor, dimethylsulfoniopropionate, showed a strong association with phytoplankton biomass in relation to the persistent dominance of dinoflagellates/coccolithophores.