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Denitrification in the Arabian Sea

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Title Denitrification in the Arabian Sea
 
Creator Naqvi, S.W.A.
Noronha, R.J.
Reddy, C.V.G.
 
Subject Chemistry and Biogeochemistry
residence time
nitrites
nitrates
denitrification
ISW, Arabian Sea
 
Description Estimates of the amount of denitrification in the Arabian Sea are inconsistent, and so two methods of calculations of 'original' nitrate concentrations used in earlier studies have been reviewed. Nitrite at intermediate depths was not restricted to the Persian Gulf water; concentrations were maximal much shallower than the depths of the Persian Gulf water. The nitrate-salinity relationship used to calculate 'original' nitrate concentrations in a recent study would lead to an underestimate of nitrate deficits because the approach requires denitrification to be restricted to Persian Gulf water. A method involving oxidative ratios has been modified and used to calculate nitrate deficits. The deficits so calculated lie between the values reported earlier. The degree of denitrification decreases steadily southward. The results indicate that denitrification extends up to 11 or 12 degrees N latitude. Taking 30 years as the average residence time of water for the layer in which denitrification occurs, the denitrification rate in the Arabian Sea has been calculated as about 3.2 x 1012 g y-1. This represents about 5% of the annual global denitrification
 
Date 1995-05-10T10:00:53Z
2017-09-29T13:48:39Z
1995-05-10T10:00:53Z
2017-09-29T13:48:39Z
1982
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Deep Sea Research, vol.29; 1982; 459-469
0198-0149
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6601
 
Language en
 
Relation Deep-Sea Res
SCI
 
Publisher Elsevier