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Impact of river discharge on distribution of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and its fluxes in the coastal Bay of Bengal

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Title Impact of river discharge on distribution of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and its fluxes in the coastal Bay of Bengal
 
Creator Rao, V.D.
Viswanadham, R.
Bharathi, M.D.
Sarma, V.V.S.S.
Kumar, M.D.
 
Subject CHEMISTRY AND BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY AND BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
OCEANOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY
CHEMISTRY AND BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
 
Description A systematic study was conducted to examine the on variations in DMS and DMSPt during peak discharge period along the coastal Bay of Bengal. The southern coastal Bay of Bengal (SCB) received a large quantity of suspended particulate matter (SPM) and nitrogen nutrients from the monsoonal estuaries and vice versa to the northern coastal Bay of Bengal (NCB) by glacial river (Ganges). The higher concentration of DMSPt was observed in the NCB compared with SCB associated with low nitrate, and low salinity suggesting that their stress on phytoplankton increased DMSPt production in the former region. The concentrations of DMS and DMSPt in the surface waters displayed a linear relation with biovolume of Bacillariophyceae and Dinophyceae suggesting significant contributions by these two groups. In contrast, the weak spatial variability in DMS was attributed to removal of DMS to the atmosphere or bacterial consumption. The mean sea-to-air flux of DMS amounted to 5.5 ± 4 μmol S m-2 d-1 suggesting that the coastal Bay of Bengal is a significant source to atmospheric DMS during study period. This study revealed that river discharge brought a significant modification in the chemical characteristics of the coastal Bay of Bengal leading to variable stress (salinity and nutrients) on phytoplankton resulting in a significant flux of DMS to the atmosphere
 
Date 2015-09-08T09:32:18Z
2015-09-08T09:32:18Z
2015
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Continental Shelf Research, vol.103; 2015; 32-41
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4784
 
Language en
 
Rights An edited version of this paper was published by Elsevier. Copyright [2015] Elsevier
 
Publisher Elsevier