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    Effects of seasons and successive upwelling phases on phytoplankton size classes in the Southeast Arabian Sea

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    2024
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    Albin, K.J.
    Jyothibabu, R.
    Alok, K.T.
    SanthiKrishnan, S.
    Sherin, C.K.
    Gupta, G.V.M.
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    The responses of Phytoplankton Size Classes (PSCs) to seasons and the distinct phases of coastal upwelling in the northern Indian Ocean is an understudied aspect. This study introduces observations from a monthly time series conducted at three cross-shore transects in the south, central, and north regions between 6 and 13�N along the southwest coast of India in the Southeastern Arabian Sea (SEAS). The data represent pre-upwelling (late April to early May), early upwelling (early to mid-June), peak upwelling (early to mid-August), late upwelling (mid to late September), and post-upwelling (late October to early November) phases. The pre-upwelling had a stratified and nitrate-depleted upper euphotic column due to the intrusion of low saline Bay of Bengal water and solar heating which resulted in a low phytoplankton biomass (chlorophyll-a) contributed by pico-PSC (av. 56.21 � 21.23 %) followed by nano-PSC (25.25 � 5.98 %). During the early upwelling, a dominant micro-PSC was prevalent in the coastal stations in the south transect due to the initiation of upwelling there. The peak upwelling was characterised by significant nutrient enrichment causing the dominance of larger micro- and meso-PSCs in the entire coastal region (av. 79.13 � 39.68 %). Since the late upwelling had less nutrient enrichment, the contribution of nano- and pico-PSCs increased along the south and central transects. By the post-upwelling phase, the dominance of nano-PSC (av. 57.85 � 11.02 %) and pico-PSC (av. 21.19 � 11.72 %) was reestablished in the study area due to the end of the nutrient enrichment of upwelling. The subsurface chlorophyll maxima, which was found below 50 m during the pre-upwelling phase, had altered into a thick layer (30 m) and shifted to the upper water column during the upwelling phases when nutrients were higher and solar radiation was lower in the surface waters. A sequential transition of PSCs from pre-upwelling to post-upwelling was evident and it appears that the very high supply of nutrients NO3 and SiO4 (>5 ?M) during different phases of upwelling favoured the dominance of larger PSCs.
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    https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MARENVRES.2024.106568
    http://drs.nio.res.in/drs/handle/2264/9276
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