Biological and Environmental Chemistry of DMSP and Related Sulfonium Compounds

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. 30 Years of Research on Dimethylsulfoniopriopionate

   • Yuzaburo Ishida

   Pages 1-12

3. Chemical and Biochemical Properties of Sulfonium Compounds

   • Arthur J. L. Cooper

   Pages 13-27

4. Characterization of 3-Dimenthysulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and its Analogs with Mass Spectrometry

   • D. A. Gage, A. D. Hanson

   Pages 29-44

5. NMR Spectroscopy as a Probe for DMSP and Glycine Betaine in Phytoplankton Cells

   • C. J. Macdonald, R. Little, G. R. Moore, G. Malin

   Pages 45-54

6. Determination of DMSP and Other Onium Compounds in Tetraselmis Subcordiformis by Plasma Desorption Mass Spectrometry

   • Elisa B. Sheets, David Rhodes

   Pages 55-63

7. An Alternative Approach to the Measurement of β-Dimenthylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and Other Precursors of Dimethylsulfide

   • A. G. Howard, D. W. Russell

   Pages 65-73

8. 3-Dimethylsulfoniopionate Biosynthesis and use by Flowering Plants

   • A. D. Hanson, D. A. Gage

   Pages 75-86

9. Effects of Sulfide on Growth and Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) Concentration in Spartina Alterniflora

   • J. T. Morris, C. Haley, R. Krest

   Pages 87-95

10. Biosynthesis of Dimethylsulfoniopropionate in Crypthecodinium Cohnii (Dinophyceae)

    • Aritsune Uchida, Tomoaki Ooguri, Takehiro Ishida, Hirotaka Kitaguchi, Yuzaburo Ishida

    Pages 97-107

11. Biosynthetic Pathways for Phosphatidylsulfocholine, the Sulfonium Analogue of Phosphatidylcholine, in Diatoms

    • Morris Kates, Benjamin E. Volcani

    Pages 109-119

12. Osmotic Adjustment in Phytoplankton and MacroAlgae

    • G. O. Kirst

    Pages 121-129

13. Physiological Aspects of the Production of Dimeyhtlsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) by Marine Phytoplankton

    • Maureen D. Keller, Wendy Korjeff-Bellows

    Pages 131-142

14. Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Production in Phototrophic Organisms and its Physiological Functions as a Cryoprotectant

    • U. Karsten, K. Kück, C. Vogt, G. O. Kirst

    Pages 143-153

15. The Determination of DMSP in Marine Algae and Salt Marsh Plants

    • D. W. Russell, A. G. Howard

    Pages 155-163

16. Effects of DMSP and Related Compounds on Behavior, Growth and Stress Resistance of Fish, Amphibians and Crustaceans

    • Kenji Nakajima

    Pages 165-176

17. The Role of DMSP and DMS in the Global Sulfur Cycle and Climate Regulation

    • G. Malin

    Pages 177-189

18. Origin and Importance of Picoplanktonic DMSP

    • M. Corn, S. Belviso, F. Partensky, N. Simon, U. Christaki

    Pages 191-201

19. Studies of DMS+DMSP and its Relationship with the Phytoplanktonic Populations in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

    • C. Vassilakos, L. Ignatiades, R. Kwint, C. Kozanoglou

    Pages 203-211

20. Acrylate and Dimenthylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) Concentrations during an Antarctic Phytoplankton Bloom

    • John A.E Gibson, Kerrie M. Swadling, Harry R. Burton

    Pages 213-222

''An essential book for people working in the area of sulfur compounds in the environment and should be in all institutional libraries....Well indexed, well presented.'' --- SGM Quarterly, November 1997 ''Extremely useful and well-produced symposium volume that should be of interest to many environmental scientists, microbial and plant physiologists, and aquatic ecologists.'' The Quarterly Review of Biology, June 1998

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• environment
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• physiology
• phytoplankton
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• University of South Alabama, Mobile, USA

  Ronald P. Kiene

• University of Connecticut, Groton, USA

  Pieter T. Visscher

• Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, West Boothbay Harbor, USA

  Maureen D. Keller

• University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

  Gunter O. Kirst

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