SynthesisProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2014
Evidence that dimethyl sulfide facilitates a tritrophic mutualism between marine primary producers and top predators.
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- Neurobiology and changing ecosystems: Toward understanding the impact of anthropogenic influences on neurons and circuits.Frontiers in neural circuits · 2022Review
- Dimethyl sulfide mediates microbial predator-prey interactions between zooplankton and algae in the ocean.Nature microbiology · 2021Article
- Eco-chemical mechanisms govern phytoplankton emissions of dimethylsulfide in global surface waters.National science review · 2021Article
- Natural dimethyl sulfide gradients would lead marine predators to higher prey biomass.Communications biology · 2021Article
- Information limitation and the dynamics of coupled ecological systems.Nature ecology & evolution · 2020Article
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- Effects of ocean warming and coral bleaching on aerosol emissions in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Flux of the biogenic volatiles isoprene and dimethyl sulfide from an oligotrophic lake.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- The neurobiology of climate change.Die Naturwissenschaften · 2018Article
- Odours from marine plastic debris induce food search behaviours in a forage fish.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2017Article
- Dimethyl Sulfide is a Chemical Attractant for Reef Fish Larvae.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- The role of metals in mammalian olfaction of low molecular weight organosulfur compounds.Natural product reports · 2017Review
- Marine plastic debris emits a keystone infochemical for olfactory foraging seabirds.Science advances · 2016Article
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Abstract
Tritrophic mutualistic interactions have been best studied in plant-insect systems. During these interactions, plants release volatiles in response to herbivore damage, which, in turn, facilitates predation on primary consumers or benefits the primary producer by providing nutrients. Here we explore a similar interaction in the Southern Ocean food web, where soluble iron limits primary productivity. Dimethyl sulfide has been studied in the context of global climate regulation and is an established foraging cue for marine top predators. We present evidence that procellariiform seabird species that use dimethyl sulfide as a foraging cue selectively forage on phytoplankton grazers. Their contribution of beneficial iron recycled to marine phytoplankton via excretion suggests a chemically mediated link between marine top predators and oceanic primary production.
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