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Research article
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29 May 2018
Research article |
| 29 May 2018
| 29 May 2018
Dimethyl sulfide dynamics in first-year sea ice melt ponds in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Margaux Gourdal
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Département de biologie, Québec-Océan and Unité Mixte
Internationale 3376 TAKUVIK, CNRS-Université Laval, 1045 Avenue de la
Médecine, Ville de Québec, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada
Martine Lizotte
Département de biologie, Québec-Océan and Unité Mixte
Internationale 3376 TAKUVIK, CNRS-Université Laval, 1045 Avenue de la
Médecine, Ville de Québec, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada
Guillaume Massé
Département de biologie, Québec-Océan and Unité Mixte
Internationale 3376 TAKUVIK, CNRS-Université Laval, 1045 Avenue de la
Médecine, Ville de Québec, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada
Michel Gosselin
Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski (ISMER), Université du
Québec à Rimouski, 310 Allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, Québec
G5L 3A1, Canada
Michel Poulin
Research and Collections, Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443,
Station D, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4, Canada
Michael Scarratt
Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, P.O. Box
1000, Mont-Joli, Québec G5H 3Z4, Canada
Joannie Charette
Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski (ISMER), Université du
Québec à Rimouski, 310 Allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, Québec
G5L 3A1, Canada
Maurice Levasseur
Département de biologie, Québec-Océan and Unité Mixte
Internationale 3376 TAKUVIK, CNRS-Université Laval, 1045 Avenue de la
Médecine, Ville de Québec, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada
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Short summary
Melt ponds (MP) forming over first year ice (FYI) represent a potential source of the climate-relevant gas dimethylsulfide (DMS) to the atmosphere. Nine MP were sampled in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. DMS concentrations reaching up to 6 nmol L−1, twice the world's surface oceanic mean, were measured. Seawater intrusion appeared to seed MP with DMS-producing communities. DMS flux from Arctic MP is expected to increase in response to the expanding areal and temporal trends of MP on FYI.
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