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Dimethyl sulfide cycling in the sea surface microlayer in the southwestern Pacific – Part 2: Processes and rates
Alexia D. Saint-Macary
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric research, Wellington,
6021, New Zealand
Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, 9016, New
Zealand
Andrew Marriner
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric research, Wellington,
6021, New Zealand
Stacy Deppeler
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric research, Wellington,
6021, New Zealand
Karl A. Safi
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Hamilton, 3216,
New Zealand
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric research, Wellington,
6021, New Zealand
Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, 9016, New
Zealand
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Short summary
To understand how dimethyl sulfide (DMS) enrichment is maintained in the sea surface microlayer (SML) while DMS is lost to the atmosphere, deck-board incubation was carried out to determine DMS sources and sinks. Our results showed that the phytoplankton composition played an essential role in DMS processes in the SML. However, all accumulated DMS processes were lower than the calculated air–sea DMS flux.
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