Publication Date:
2017-08-22
Description:
We present seawater concentrations of dimethylsulfide (DMS), and dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) measured across a transect from the Labrador Sea to the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, during summer 2015. Using an automated ship-board gas chromatography system, and a membrane-inlet mass spectrometer, we measured a range of DMS (~ 1 nM to 18 nM) and DMSP concentrations (~ 1 nM to 150 nM) that was consistent with previous observations in the Arctic Ocean. The highest DMS and DMSP concentrations occurred in a localized region of Baffin Bay, where surface waters were characterized by high chlorophyll a (chl a) fluorescence, indicative of elevated phytoplankton biomass. Across the full sampling transect, there were only weak relationships between DMS/P, chl a fluorescence and other measured variables, including positive relationships between DMSP : chl a ratios and several taxonomic marker pigments, and elevated DMS/P concentrations in partially ice-covered areas. Our high spatial resolution measurements allowed us to examine DMS variability over small scales (
Print ISSN:
1810-6277
Electronic ISSN:
1810-6285
Topics:
Biology
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Geosciences
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