A decade of dimethyl sulfide (DMS), dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) measurements in the southwestern Baltic Sea

[摘要] Dimethyl sulfide (DMS), dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) were measured at the Boknis Eck Time Series Station (BE, Eckernförde Bay, SW Baltic Sea) during the period February 2009–December 2018. Our results show considerable interannual and seasonal variabilities in the mixed-layer concentrations of DMS, total DMSP (DMSP t ) and total DMSO (DMSO t ). Positive correlations were found between particulate DMSP (DMSP p ) and particulate DMSO (DMSO p ) as well as DMSP t and DMSO t in the mixed layer, suggesting a similar source for both compounds. The decreasing long-term trends, observed for DMSP t and DMS in the mixed layer, were linked to the concurrent trend of the sum of 19 ′ -hexanoyloxyfucoxanthin and 19 ′ -butanoyloxy-fucoxanthin, which are the marker pigments of prymnesiophytes and chrysophytes, respectively. Major Baltic inflow (MBI) events influenced the distribution of sulfur compounds due to phytoplankton community changes, and sediment might be a potential source for DMS in the bottom layer during seasonal hypoxia/anoxia at BE. A modified algorithm based on the phytoplankton pigments reproduces the DMSP p  : Chl  a ratios well during this study and could be used to estimate future surface (5 m) DMSP p concentrations at BE.

[学科分类] 大气科学