Impact of sea-ice melt on dimethyl sulfide (sulfoniopropionate) inventories in surface waters of Marguerite Bay, West Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
• Main Authors: Stefels, Jacqueline, van Leeuwe, Maria A., Jones, Elizabeth M., Meredith, Michael P., Venables, Hugh J., Webb, Alison L., Henley, Sian F.
• Other Authors: Dutch Science Foundation, UK Natural Environment Research Council
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Antarctic Peninsula; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2017.0169; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsta.2017.0169; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsta.2017.0169

The Southern Ocean is a hotspot of the climate-relevant organic sulfur compound dimethyl sulfide (DMS). Spatial and temporal variability in DMS concentration is higher than in any other oceanic region, especially in the marginal ice zone. During a one-week expedition across the continental shelf of...