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- Title
Responses of biogenic dimethylated sulfur compounds to environmental changes in the northwestern Pacific continental sea.
- Authors
Ma, Qian‐Yao; Yang, Gui‐Peng
- Abstract
Continental seas are facing rapid environmental shifts, but how biogenic dimethylated sulfur compounds, including dimethylsulfide (DMS), dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), and dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), will respond to these environmental changes remains poorly understood. Here we investigated the effects of nutrient input, ocean acidification, and dust deposition on the phytoplankton community and organic sulfur cycle in the East China Sea. Nutrient input promoted phytoplankton growth and increased the concentrations of DMS, DMSP, and DMSO. With sufficient nutrients, especially nitrate, the dissolved DMSP degradation was inhibited, and the bacterial DMSP‐cleavage pathway (inferred by dddP gene abundance) was enhanced, causing increased DMS production. The sensitivity of phytoplankton biomass and DMS to ocean acidification varied with different initial nutrient levels, demonstrating insensitivity under eutrophic conditions and negative responses under nutrient‐limited conditions. The ocean acidification promoted the dissolved DMSP degradation and bacterial DMSP‐demethylation pathway (inferred by dmdA gene abundance) and weakened the DMS production, causing the decreases of DMS and DMSP. The nutrient from dust deposition (2 mg L−1) was identified as the key factor in enhancing phytoplankton biomass and the organic sulfur compounds concentrations, but trace metals input from dust deposition had no significant effect. This study has identified environmental drivers and suppressors of phytoplankton and biogenic dimethylated sulfur compounds in a changing marine environment, which will enable the effective modeling of future climate change.
- Subjects
DIMETHYL sulfide; SULFUR compounds; SULFUR cycle; DUST; CLIMATE change models; OCEAN acidification; MARINE biomass; TRACE metals
- Publication
Limnology & Oceanography, 2023, Vol 68, Issue 7, p1452
- ISSN
0024-3590
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/lno.12356