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dc.contributor.authorRamaswamy, V.
dc.contributor.authorSarin, M.M.
dc.contributor.authorRengarajan, R.
dc.date.accessioned2008-02-22T05:30:10Z
dc.date.available2008-02-22T05:30:10Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.citationDeep-sea research. Part II. Topical studies in oceanography, Vol.52; 1922-1929p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/933
dc.description.abstractA drifting sediment trap was deployed and sup(234)Th activity in the water column was measured to calculate export flux of carbon at a time-series station in the northern Arabian Sea (lat. 21 degrees 30 minutes N; long. 64 degrees 00 minutes E) during the winter monsoon, 10-23 February 1997. The sampling period was characterised by an extensive salp swarm, and salp faecal pellets were the dominant contributors to the particulate matter in the sediment traps. Average sup(234)Th flux out of the photic zone was 2300 dpm m sup(-2) d sup(-1) and average POC/ sup(234)Th ratio in trap-derived particles was 0.14 mg/dpm. Average sup(234)Th derived export flux of carbon was about 332 mg m sup(-2) d sup(-1), representing 36% of the daily primary production (PP) (925 mg C m sup(-2) d sup(-1)). Export of about one-third of the daily PP during the end of the winter monsoon could be due to the episodic nature of salp swarms. Salp swarms are frequently observed in the Arabian Sea and may be a significant pathway for rapid export of carbon from the euphotic zone.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
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dc.subjectbiogeochemical cycle
dc.subjectsediment traps
dc.subjectcarbon
dc.subjectthorium isotopes
dc.subjectmonsoons
dc.subjectwater column
dc.subjectfaecal pellets
dc.subjectparticulate matter
dc.subjectparticulate organic carbon
dc.subjecteuphotic zone
dc.titleEnhanced export of carbon by salps during the northeast monsoon period in the northern Arabian Sea
dc.typeJournal Article


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