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dc.contributor.authorFernandes, L.
dc.contributor.authorGarg, A.
dc.contributor.authorBorole, D.V.
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-05T09:41:49Z
dc.date.available2014-02-05T09:41:49Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationDeep-Sea Research I, vol.83; 2014; 81-92
dc.identifier.otherno
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4460
dc.description.abstractSix sediment cores collected from various water depths and sampling locations along the western margin of the Bay of Bengal (BOB) were investigated for the total hydrolysable amino acids (THAA) and d-amino acids (d-AA) to understand their distribution, digenetic alteration and bacterial contribution to organic matter (OM). Irrespective of their location, THAA concentrations and yields generally decreased and mol% glycine increased with increasing water depth indicating that OM was degraded during its transit through the water column. Amino acid based degradation index (DI) indicated that OM of the surface sediments of shallow stations, BOB-1 to BOB-3 was relatively fresher than that of deeper stations, BOB-4, BOB-5 and BOB-6. The concentrations and mol% of the d-AA varied from 0.04 to 0.76 µmol gdw<sup>-1</sup> and 0.3 to 8.5 mol%, respectively. Contribution of bacterial peptidoglycan amino acids to THAA (% THAA<sub>pep</sub>/THAA) ranged between 4.0% and 55.0%. Both % THAA<sub>pep</sub>/THAA and mol% d-AAs were significantly (p<0.01) higher in the surface sediments and decreased with sediment core depth. Based on the d-AA yields, bacterial OM accounted for 1.5–15.6% of TOC, and 3.7–50.0% of TN of the sediments of BOB.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
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dc.rightsAn edited version of this paper was published by Elsevier. Copyright [2013] Elsevier
dc.subjectSediments
dc.subjectBacteria
dc.subjectDegradation
dc.titleAmino acid biogeochemistry and bacterial contribution to sediment organic matter along the western margin of the Bay of Bengal
dc.typeJournal Article


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