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Regionally variable chemistry, auto-heterotrophic coupling and vertical carbon flux in the northwestern Indian Ocean: A case study for biochemical pump

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Title Regionally variable chemistry, auto-heterotrophic coupling and vertical carbon flux in the northwestern Indian Ocean: A case study for biochemical pump
 
Creator Rajendran, A
Biddanda, B
 
Description 129-136
Large scale regional differences in surface productivity as well as water column chemistry exist in the Arabian Sea environment in north-south direction. The available primary productivity data are incorporated into existing global ocean carbon flux models to estimate the potential vertical flux of carbon, and speculate on the nature of the autotrophic and heterotrophic processes, in the mixed layer and below, within the context of the observed regional chemical dichotomy. Based on these considerations, hypothetical scenarios relating to regionally variable primary productivity, retention/loss of carbon in the water column, variable mineralization in the deep sea, etc, are formulated. Field testing of these hypotheses should provide a general framework for regional Arabian Sea oceanography in the coming years, especially with respect to the Global Ocean Flux Studies.
 
Date 2016-11-25T09:29:27Z
2016-11-25T09:29:27Z
1994-09
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/37611
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.23(3) [September 1994]