Articles | Volume 17, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1557-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1557-2020
Research article
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26 Mar 2020
Research article |  | 26 Mar 2020

Phytoplankton and dimethylsulfide dynamics at two contrasting Arctic ice edges

Martine Lizotte, Maurice Levasseur, Virginie Galindo, Margaux Gourdal, Michel Gosselin, Jean-Éric Tremblay, Marjolaine Blais, Joannie Charette, and Rachel Hussherr

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CTD data collected by the CCGS Amundsen in the Canadian Arctic Amundsen Science Data Collection https://doi.org/10.5884/12713

Dimethylsulfide (DMS) and dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) in Northern Baffin Bay during the 2014 ArcticNet/Netcare Campaign M. Lizotte, M. Levasseur, V. Galindo, M. Gourdal, M. Gosselin, M. Blais, and J. Charrette https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/PDCSearchDOI.jsp?doi_id=12145

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This study brings further support to the premise that the prevalence of younger and thinner icescapes over older and thicker ones in the Canadian High Arctic favors the early development of under-ice microorganisms as well as their production of the climate-relevant gas dimethylsulfide (DMS). Given the rapid rate of climate-driven changes in Arctic sea ice, our results suggest implications for the timing and magnitude of DMS pulses in the Arctic, with ramifications for climate forecasting.
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