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Dissolved organic nutrients in the Pichavaram mangrove waters of east coast of India

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Title Dissolved organic nutrients in the Pichavaram mangrove waters of east coast of India
 
Creator Prasad, M. Bala Krishna
Ramanathan, AL.
 
Subject Mangrove
DOC
DON
DOP
Outwelling
Pichavaram
 
Description 141-145
Spatial and temporal analytical measurements of organic nutrients were made in the Pichavaram mangrove ecosystem (south east coast of India) to understand the dissolved organic nutrient dynamics. Monthly measurements of physical parameters and dissolved organic nutrients were made at several locations at daytime during low tides. High concentrations of DOC and DON were found in monsoon and DOP in summer. The distribution and dynamics of dissolved organic matter have been regulated by the monsoonal fresh water discharge from the adjacent sources. However, the microbial mineralization induced by summer temperature regulates the nutrient biogeochemical processes and also control the biological productivity. In general, the mangrove ecosystem supplies considerable loads of nutrients to the oceans than the river systems and regulate the global nutrient biogeochemical cycles.
 
Date 2008-08-25T09:36:15Z
2008-08-25T09:36:15Z
2008-06
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0379-5136
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1877
 
Language en_US
 
Publisher CSIR
 
Source IJMS Vol.37(2) [June 2008]