Research on the Relationship between Dimethyl Sulfide Concentration and Marine Environmental Factors
海水中二甲基硫含量与海洋环境因子间关系的研究

The coastal waters near Qingdao city has been selected as typical waters with 8 sampling sites to conduct three times measurements of Dimethyl Sulfide(DMS) and marine environmental factors in May,March and October,1996.This research focused on the characteristics of marine environmental factors and the relationship between DMS concentration and marine phytoplankton as well as marine environmental factors.The following results were obtained:Biological mechanism for phytoplankton producing DMS is very complicated.In the coastal waters near Qingdao city DMS concentrations in sea water had not clear relationship with chlorophyll a and marine environmental factors.The complicated temporal and spatial variations of marine phytoplankton and environmental factors brought large uncertainty for the research on DMS emission.