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    Atmospheric outflow of nutrients to the Bay of Bengal: Impact of anthropogenic sources..

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    2015
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    Srinivas, B.
    Sarin, M.M.
    Sarma, V.V.S.S.
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    The air–sea deposition of nutrients (N, P and Fe) to the oceanic regions locateddownwind of pollution sources in south and south-east Asia is gaining considerable attention in the present-day scenario of climate change. We report here a case study on the atmospheric outflow of nutrients from the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) to the Bay of Bengal (BoB). Air mass back trajectories suggest conspicuous downwind transport of chemical constituents from the IGP to the BoBduring the lateNE-monsoon (January–April); thus, representing BoBas oneof theunique oceanic regions influenced by anthropogenic sources over a short span of 3–4 months. During the course of this study (November'09–March'10), nutrient (NO3 − ,NH4 + ,NOrg,PO4 3− and Fews) concentrations in the atmospheric outflow show pronounced temporal variability. The inorganic nitrogen (NH4 + -N: ~90% of NInorg) dominates the total soluble nitrogen (NTot). Although the contribution of organic nitrogen is not significant, the mass ratio of NOrg/NTotin the outflow varied from 0.07 to 0.40. The abundances of PInorg and Fewsvaried from 0.4 to 4.8 nmol m −3 and 0.2 to 0.6 nmol m −3 , respectively. The high abundance of K + and significant (P-valueb0.05) correlation with PInorg and Fewssuggest their significant contribution from biomass burning emissions (BBEs). The characteristic mass ratios of nutrients (NInorg/NTot: 0.92 ± 0.13, NOrg/NTot: 0.21 ± 0.11, and PInorg/nss-Ca 2+ : 0.35 ± 0.23) in the IGP-outflow show striking similarity with those reported over the BoB. These results have implications to further increase in the atmospheric deposition of nutrients and their impact on biogeochemistry of surface Bay of Bengal
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