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Particulate organic constituents of surface waters of east coast of India

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Title Particulate organic constituents of surface waters of east coast of India
 
Creator Sreepada, R.A.
Bhat, K.L.
Parulekar, A.H.
 
Subject particulate organic carbon
chlorophylls
surface water
geographical distribution
 
Description Particulate matter collected from surface seawater (approx 1 m) samples from 11 coastal (depth less than 200 m) and 40 oceanic (depth > 200 m ) stations was studied for particulate organic carbon (POC), particulate carbohydrate (PCHO), particulate protein (PP) and particulate lipid (PL) fractions. High values of chlorophyll a (chl-a) characterized the coastal waters. In coastal waters, POC was dominatEd. by PCHO containing detrital matter, whereas actively growing phytoplankton significantly contributed to the protein and lipid pools of particulate matter. Detrital component contributed small fraction to the carbohydrate pool in the oceanic waters, whereas its contribution to protein and lipid pools was significantly high. Results suggest that large riverine runoff by major rivers play a singificant role in controlling the distribution of biochemical constituents in the east coast of India
 
Date 2009-05-06T10:35:13Z
2009-05-06T10:35:13Z
1993
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, Vol.22; 132-134p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2809
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyright [1993]. 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 NISCAIR, New Delhi