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dc.contributor.authorKurian, S.
dc.contributor.authorChndrasekharaRao, A.V.
dc.contributor.authorVidya, P.J.
dc.contributor.authorShenoy, D.M.
dc.contributor.authorGauns, M.
dc.contributor.authorNaik, H.
dc.contributor.authorAparna, S.G.
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-31
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-09T10:13:16Z
dc.date.available2020-07-25
dc.date.available2021-02-09T10:13:16Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationMarine Environmental Research, vol.160; 2020; Article no: 105023
dc.identifier.issn1879-0291
dc.identifier.otherhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014111362030129X
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.105023
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/8460
dc.descriptionIF2019 - 2.727
dc.description.abstractIn the present study, using in-situ and satellite observations, we investigate the influence of physical processes on the enhancement of phytoplankton biomass in the eastern Arabian Sea (EAS). Water column measurements were carried out from 90N to 210N (stations II-2 to II-14) along 680E transect in the EAS during the beginning of fall intermonsoon (FIM) of 2014. Both in-situ and satellite-derived chlorophyll a (Chl a) showed higher biomass at 150N (station II-8) compared to northern and southern stations. We explored the possible physical processes which can lead to high biological productivity at this station. Our study shows that nearly two times enhancement in Chl a at station II-8 was contributed by an open-ocean front, which occurred two days before the measurement. Based on phytoplankton marker pigments, it was evident that haptophytes were abundant at II-8 with a minor contribution from diatoms and dinoflagellates. This condition also led to a high concentration (4.9 nM) of dimethylsulphide (DMS), an anti-green house gas with a net flux of 3.76 mu mol m-2d-1 at this site. Among the picophytoplankton, Synechococcus were abundant at this station, however Prochlorococcus were absent as confirmed by both marker pigment and flow cytometric counts. The case study presented here demonstrates the dynamic nature of open ocean fronts and their overall contribution to the productivity of the eastern Arabian Sea during the oligotrophic inter-monsoon period.
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofMar Environ Res
dc.relation.isreferencedbySCI
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dc.titleRole of oceanic fronts in enhancing phytoplankton biomass in the eastern Arabian Sea during an oligotrophic period
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.affiliation.authorCSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India


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