PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE BETA-DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE (DMSP) CONTENT OF MACROALGAE FROM THE TROPICAL ISLAND OF HAINAN (PEOPLES-REPUBLIC-OF-CHINA)

Authors
BISCHOFF B KARSTEN U DANIEL C KUCK K XIA B WIENCKE C
Citation
B. Bischoff et al., PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE BETA-DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE (DMSP) CONTENT OF MACROALGAE FROM THE TROPICAL ISLAND OF HAINAN (PEOPLES-REPUBLIC-OF-CHINA), Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 45(7), 1994, pp. 1329-1336
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Oceanografhy,"Marine & Freshwater Biology",Limnology,Fisheries
Journal title
Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00671940
Volume
45
Issue
7
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1329 - 1336
Database
ISI
SICI code
0067-1940(1994)45:7<1329:PAOTB(>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
The beta-dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) contents of 46 macroalgal s pecies from the tropical island of Hainan, People's Republic of China, were determined by gas-liquid phase chromatography. In almost all inv estigated green, brown and red algal species, DMSP could be detected. The highest concentrations were measured in members of the green algal order Ulvales, and these were similar to those of isolates from polar and temperate regions. The tropical Ulvales from Hainan are comparabl e in their DMSP contents with temperate species of this order. Polar s pecies, in contrast, exhibit significantly higher DMSP values.