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dc.contributor.authorMadhupratap, M.
dc.contributor.authorParulekar, A.H.
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-06T10:25:34Z
dc.date.available2009-05-06T10:25:34Z
dc.date.issued1993
dc.identifier.citationMonsoon biogeochemistry, Ed. by: Ittekkot, V.; Nair, R. R. 51-72p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2771
dc.description.abstractPhysical processes such as wind-driven coastal run-off during the monsoons and convective overturning of surface waters due to winter cooling bring in nutrients into the euphotic zone and enhance primary productivity of the northern Indian Ocean. Nitrogen import, on decay of extensive blooms of Trichodesmium, appears to be another mechanism through which production increases in the eastern Arabian Sea. Zooplankton abundances usually match trends in phytoplankton production. However, at times, increases in the abundances of microzooplankton may lead to higher standing stocks of mesozooplankton. Blooms of phytoplankton and swarms of zooplankton are common in the northern Indian Ocean and influence rates of particle fluxes into the ocean interiors. High primary production, microbial activity and zooplankton abundances are characteristic of atoll lagoon waters. Microbial community appears to have a key role in food-chains and biogeochemical processes. Available data show that at least in the Arabian Sea, the high production modifies the ocean physics and chemistry of surface/subsurface waters
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Hamburg, Germany
dc.rightsCopyright [1993]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
dc.titleBiological processes of the northern Indian Ocean
dc.typeBook Chapter


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