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dc.contributor.authorSarma, V.V.S.S.
dc.contributor.authorPrasad, M.H.K.
dc.contributor.authorDalabehera, H.B.
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-16
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-22T10:09:04Z
dc.date.available2021-05-07
dc.date.available2021-06-22T10:09:04Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Earth System Science, vol.130(2); 2021; Article no: 85
dc.identifier.issn0973-774X
dc.identifier.otherhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12040-021-01598-y
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-021-01598-y
dc.identifier.urihttps://drs-beta.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/8660
dc.descriptionIF2019 - 1.423
dc.description.abstractThe tropical Indian Ocean is a net sink for the carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere and phytoplankton production plays a crucial role in CO2 fixation and determines the direction of CO2 flux at the sea-to-air interface. In order to assess the influence of phytoplankton composition and primary production on pCO2 levels in the Indian Ocean, sampling was conducted at 25 stations during the spring intermonsoon period under the auspices of the Indian GEOTRACES program. The pCO2 was significantly correlated with salinity due to the discharge of low pCO2 water by major rivers to the Bay of Bengal (BoB). The stronger negative correlation observed between pCO2 and major phytoplankton marker pigments, net primary production and oxygen saturation levels suggesting significant influence of biological processes on pCO2 levels in the Indian Ocean. This study indicates that pCO2 levels are strongly modulated by biological processes than hitherto hypothesized as solubility pump in the Indian Ocean
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSpringer
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dc.titleInfluence of phytoplankton pigment composition and primary production on pCO2 levels in the Indian Ocean
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.affiliation.authorCSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India


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