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Living coccolithophorids from the Arabian Sea

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Title Living coccolithophorids from the Arabian Sea
 
Creator Guptha, M.V.S.
Mohan, R.
Muralinath, A.S.
 
Subject phytoplankton
coccoliths
euphotic zone
algal blooms
abundance
upwelling
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Emiliania luxleyi
 
Description Coccolithophorids collected from the euphotic zone in the Arabian Sea during the tail end of summer monsoon (Sept. 20 to Oct. 06, 1992) were studied. Nineteen species were recorded, most abundant among them were, Emiliania buxleyi, Umbellosphaera irregularis, Umbilicosphaera sibogae var. foliosa and Gephyrocapsa oceanica. Low fertility of water during September-October is believed to have caused tha abundance of E. buxleyi and U. irregularis. It has also been observed that malformation of E. buxleyi are common during the summer monsoon upwelling period. It was also observed that the overall coccolithophorid density decreases from south to north. Higher coccolithophorid densities in the subsurface depths are attributed to suspected blooms and thermocline depth
 
Date 2009-01-25T06:05:33Z
2009-01-25T06:05:33Z
1995
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, Vol.100; 551-574p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2358
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyright [1995]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
 
Publisher Department of Earth Sciences, University of Milan