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Biogeochemical significance of eddies of the eastern Arabian Sea

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Title Biogeochemical significance of eddies of the eastern Arabian Sea
 
Creator Rejomon, G.
DineshKumar, P.K.
Nair, M.
 
Subject primary production
organic carbon
cholrophyll
monsoon
oceanic eddies
 
Description Within the Arabian Sea, the western part is considered to be highly productive when compared to the northern, central and eastern parts of the basin. Despite the contrasting chlorophyll and primary productivity patterns, sediment trap data show that annual fluxes of organic carbon reach comparable rates in most regions of this highly productive basin. The traditional mechanisms of nutrient supply to the upper ocean waters of the Arabian Sea cannot only account for this. Episodic injections of nutrients associated with cold-core eddies stimulate rapid biological activity and increase biological production in the open ocean waters of the eastern Arabian Sea during the demise of the southwest monsoon. In addition to wind-driven coastal upwelling during the monsoons, annually, an eddy-mediated enhanced biological production, at regional to basin-wide scales is proposed. The enhanced production caused by a high nutrient supply mechanism such as a meso-scale eddy leads directly to organic carbon fluxes to the deep Arabian Sea. The elevated export flux occurred in association with the rapid response of grazers was imported to the deeper layers which leads to a spectacular enhancement of biogenic particle sedimentation.
 
Date 2013-07-10T07:08:53Z
2013-07-10T07:08:53Z
2013
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, vol.11(2); 2013; 237-248
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4328
 
Language en
 
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Publisher Levente Hufnagel (ALÖKI Kft.)