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17 Jan 2017
Research article |
| 17 Jan 2017
Coral reef origins of atmospheric dimethylsulfide at Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Southern Cross University School of Environment, Science and
Engineering, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
Marine Ecology Research Centre, Southern Cross University, Lismore,
New South Wales, Australia
Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry, Southern Cross University,
Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
Graham B. Jones
Southern Cross University School of Environment, Science and
Engineering, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
Marine Ecology Research Centre, Southern Cross University, Lismore,
New South Wales, Australia
Elisabeth S. M. Deschaseaux
Southern Cross University School of Environment, Science and
Engineering, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
Marine Ecology Research Centre, Southern Cross University, Lismore,
New South Wales, Australia
Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry, Southern Cross University,
Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
Bradley D. Eyre
Southern Cross University School of Environment, Science and
Engineering, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry, Southern Cross University,
Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
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We measured the sulfur gas dimethylsulfide (DMS) in marine air at a coral cay on the Great Barrier Reef. DMS is well known to be released from the world's oceans, but environmental evidence of coral reefs releasing DMS has not been clearly demonstrated. We showed the coral reef can sometimes release DMS to the air, which was seen as spikes above the DMS released from the ocean. The DMS from the reef supplements the DMS from the ocean to assist formation of clouds that influence local climate.
We measured the sulfur gas dimethylsulfide (DMS) in marine air at a coral cay on the Great...
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