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dc.contributor.authorKamaleson, A.S.
dc.contributor.authorGonsalves, M.J.B.D.
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Swatantar
dc.contributor.authorJineesh, V.K.
dc.contributor.authorLokaBharathi, P.A.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-31
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-04T09:38:25Z
dc.date.available2019-10-01
dc.date.available2020-02-04T09:38:25Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationOceanologia, vol.61(4); 2019; 427-444
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceano.2019.03.002
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/8271
dc.description.abstractThe Arabian Sea, off SW India, is becoming more anoxic in recent years. Poor ventilation affects microbial degradation of organic matter in oxygen minimum zone (≤2.85 ml l -1 O 2 , ≤0.02µM NO 2 ) and anoxic marine zone (≤0.09 ml l -1 O 2 , ≥0.5µM NO 2 ). We posit that one of the reasons at the microbial level could be due to a more prominent increase in sulfate-reducing activity (SRA), than sulfur-oxidizing activity (SOA). Hence, the objective was to measure the extent to which SOA can counter the effect of SRA. We, therefore examined these activities along with relevant environmental variables from 2009 to 2011 off Kochi (9.55˚N–75.33˚E) and Trivandrum (8.26˚N–76.50˚E), covering the three phases of upwelling. SRA was measured radiometrically using 35 S, and SOA by iodometry. Off Kochi, the SOA of the water column increased 6x (194–1151 µM d -1 ) and SRA 4x (13–54 nM d -1 ) from phase I to III. Off Trivandrum, the increase in SOA was 1.7x (339–560 µM d -1 ) and SRA 7x (24 nM d -1 -–165 nM d -1 ) contributing to the build-up of reducing/oxidizing conditions. This increase in SOA moderates the effect of increase in SRA. Besides, the average concentrations of dissolved oxygen and nitrite off TVM were 1.80±1.66, 1.48±1.55, 1.93±1.86 ml l -1 and 0.14±0.14, 1.69±0.67, 0.34±0.42 µM during the three phases respectively. Hence, it is suggested that, the coastal waters examined in this study could probably be between oxygen minimum zone (OMZ) and anoxic minimum zone (AMZ) in patches temporarily. The present paper highlights the interactions between sulfate-reducing and sulfur-oxidizing activities, during upwelling for the first time in these waters. These observations give an important and timely insight into the implications
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dc.titleSpatio-temporal variations in sulfur-oxidizing and sulfate-reducing bacterial activities during upwelling, off south-west coast of India
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.affiliation.authorCSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India


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