| dc.contributor.author | Narvekar, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kessarkar, P. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sreejith, K.S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fernandes, L.L. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kumar, S.P. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-12-04 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-12-04T09:19:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-10-31 | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-12-04T09:19:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Progress in Oceanography,Vol.240;2025;article no:103600 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0079-6611 | |
| dc.identifier.other | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079661125001880 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2025.103600 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://drs.nio.res.in/drs/handle/2264/9560 | |
| dc.description | IF2024=3.6 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Dissolved oxygen (DO) in the ocean is crucial for the survival of marine organisms and a prolonged exposure to sub-optimal levels impacts their life and species distribution. The oxygen minimum zones (OMZs) are the regions in the global ocean where the mid-depth oxygen concentrations are persistently low. These zones occur naturally in areas where high sinking flux of organic carbon co-exists with poor ventilation of waters. The Arabian Sea (AS) houses the second most intense OMZ after the eastern tropical Pacific. Climate change is expected to exacerbate the de-oxygenation within the OMZ, leading to either its intensification or its spatial expansion or both. In a warming ocean, DO concentrations are expected to decrease due to a reduction in the solubility with an increase in temperature and increase in the upper ocean stratification curtailing the ventilation. Contrary to this notion, the recent measurements in a rapidly warming AS during 2019 to 2023 showed an enhancement in the DO concentration within the OMZ and a reduction in its thickness. The average DO concentration increased by 2.5 times and 2 times in 2022 and 2023 respectively from 10.31 mol/kg in 2019, while the OMZ thickness decreased by 21 % in 2022 and by 35 % in 2023 from 1014 m in 2019. We show that the reasons for this were a combination of (1) advection of waters with increased DO from the source region of water masses that enter the AS at mid-depths and (2) a reduction in the in-situ production of organic carbon within the AS. Our findings contradict prevailing views on climate-driven de-oxygenation, prompting a reassessment of biogeochemical responses and water mass dynamics in the rapidly warming AS. | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedby | SCI | |
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| dc.title | Recent oxygenation of oxygen minimum zone in the Arabian Sea and possible causes | |
| dc.affiliation.author | CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India | |