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Zindler, Cathleen; Bracher, Astrid; Marandino, Christa A; Taylor, Bettina B; Torrecilla, Elena; Kock, Annette; Bange, Hermann Werner (2013): Sulphur compounds, methane, and phytoplankton during SONNE cruise SO202/2 (Transbrom Sonne) [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.820607, Supplement to: Zindler, Cathleen; Bracher, Astrid; Marandino, Christa A; Taylor, Ben J; Torrecilla, Elena; Kock, Annette; Bange, Hermann Werner (2013): Sulphur compounds, methane, and phytoplankton: interactions along a north–south transit in the western Pacific Ocean. Biogeosciences, 10(5), 3297-3311, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-3297-2013

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Abstract:
Here we present results of the first comprehensive study of sulphur compounds and methane in the oligotrophic tropical West Pacific Ocean. The concentrations of dimethylsuphide (DMS), dimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP), dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO), and methane (CH4), as well as various phytoplankton marker pigments in the surface ocean were measured along a north-south transit from Japan to Australia in October 2009. DMS (0.9 nmol/l), dissolved DMSP (DMSPd, 1.6 nmol/l) and particulate DMSP (DMSPp, 2 nmol/l) concentrations were generally low, while dissolved DMSO (DMSOd, 4.4 nmol/l) and particulate DMSO (DMSOp, 11.5 nmol/l) concentrations were comparably enhanced. Positive correlations were found between DMSO and DMSP as well as DMSP and DMSO with chlorophyll a, which suggests a similar source for both compounds. Similar phytoplankton groups were identified as being important for the DMSO and DMSP pool, thus, the same algae taxa might produce both DMSP and DMSO. In contrast, phytoplankton seemed to play only a minor role for the DMS distribution in the western Pacific Ocean. The observed DMSPp : DMSOp ratios were very low and seem to be characteristic of oligotrophic tropical waters representing the extreme endpoint of the global DMSPp : DMSOp ratio vs. SST relationship. It is most likely that nutrient limitation and oxidative stress in the tropical West Pacific Ocean triggered enhanced DMSO production leading to an accumulation of DMSO in the sea surface. Positive correlations between DMSPd and CH4, as well as between DMSO (particulate and total) and CH4, were found along the transit. We conclude that both DMSP and DMSO serve as substrates for methanogenic bacteria in the western Pacific Ocean.
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Median Latitude: 12.438378 * Median Longitude: 146.975353 * South-bound Latitude: -18.820000 * West-bound Longitude: 141.884500 * North-bound Latitude: 41.740000 * East-bound Longitude: 154.650000
Date/Time Start: 2009-10-09T09:23:00 * Date/Time End: 2009-10-23T20:03:00
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Datasets listed in this publication series

  1. Taylor, BB; Bracher, A (2012): Particulate absorption during SONNE cruise SO202/2 (TRANSBROM). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.804549
  2. Taylor, BB; Bracher, A (2012): Phytoplankton absorption during SONNE cruise SO202/2 (TRANSBROM). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.804552
  3. Bange, HW; Kock, A; Zindler, C (2013): Underway N2O and CH4 measurements during SONNE cruise 202/2 (TRANSBROM). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.805244
  4. Zindler, C; Bange, HW; Marandino, CA (2013): Underway measurements of DMS, DMSP and DMSO during SONNE cruise 202/2 (TRANSBROM). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.805613
  5. Taylor, BB; Bracher, A (2017): Pigment concentrations measured in surface water during SONNE cruise SO202/2 (TRANSBROM). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.880235