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Dissolved carbohydrate in the central Arabian Sea

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Title Dissolved carbohydrate in the central Arabian Sea
 
Creator Dhople, V M
Bhosle, N B
 
Description 43-45
Seawater samples (161), collected from 8 depths (0 to 1000 m) at 21 stations were analysed for total dissolved carbohydrate. Dissolved carbohydrate concentrations varied from 0.072 to 1.15 mg.l-1. Carbohydrate concentrations did not decrease offshore in the upper 100 m but below 100 m horizontal variations were detectable. Vertical profiles showed a more or less uniform distribution in the upper 300 m and a slight increase below 300 m up to 1000 m. Carbohydrate was significantly correlated with chlorophyll a (P < 0.001) and phaeopigments (P < 0.001) suggesting its release from the former and zooplankton grazing in the latter. Inverse correlations with dissolved oxygen, phosphate and nitrate indicated the possibility of the release of carbohydrate from bacterial decomposition and the importance of these nutrients in regulating the concentration of carbohydrate in the marine environments.
 
Date 2016-12-13T05:20:11Z
2016-12-13T05:20:11Z
1987-03
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/38466
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.16(1) [March 1987]