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dc.contributor.authorRoy, R.
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-21T07:39:19Z
dc.date.available2010-06-21T07:39:19Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationEstuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, vol.88(3); 311-321
dc.identifier.otherno
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/3639
dc.description.abstractHalocarbons released from oceans are known to be important in the atmospheric processes. Their abundance in seawater is influenced by water column conditions and phytoplankton community. In the present study halocarbon abundances together with pigment composition were monitored in the coastal waters of the central eastern Arabian Sea. Short-term variability for the period December 2005-March 2007 was studied for chlorinated hydrocarbons (CHCl sub(3), CCl sub(4)) and bromocarbons (CH sub(2)Br sub(2) and CHBr sub(3)) for the first time in the Arabian Sea. Variability in pigments was used to understand the influence of phytoplankton community composition on halocarbon concentrations in this region. Halocarbons and phytoplankton pigments showed strong short-term variability, with maximal values generally associated with southwest (summer) monsoon high productivity. Decreased chlorocarbon abundances in sub-surface layers indicate their possible consumption under oxygen deficient conditions, particularly during the summer monsoon and Fall-Intermonsoon periods. Halocarbon abundances were in the order: CHCl sub(3), CH sub(2)Br sub(2), CHBr sub(3) and CCl sub(4). The CHCl sub(3) showed significant positive relationship with fucoxanthin (r = 0.93, p = 0.001, n = 155) suggesting the importance of diatoms and prymnesiophytes in the Arabian Sea. Among the phytoplankton pigments chlorophyll-a showed a positive relationship with marker pigment fucoxanthin. Of the four phytoplankton groups studied, the percent dominance was in the order: diatoms > nanoflagellates > cyanobacteria > dinoflagellates. Our study shows that the utilization of halocarbons during microbial oxidation of organic matter could be a significant sink of these compounds although they might be produced in significant quantities by biochemical processes during high productivity periods, a scan be seen from our observations in summer monsoon in the Arabian Sea
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
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dc.rightsAn edited version of this paper was published by Elsevier. Copyright [2010] Elsevier
dc.subjectchlorinated hydrocarbons
dc.subjectcommunity composition
dc.subjectphytoplankton
dc.subjectphytoplanktonpigments
dc.titleShort-term variability in halocarbons in relation to phytoplankton pigments in coastal waters of the central eastern Arabian Sea
dc.typeJournal Article


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