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Chemical characteristics of the waters around Andamans during late winter

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Title Chemical characteristics of the waters around Andamans
during late winter
 
Creator Mathew, Laly
Pillai, V N
 
Subject Seawater Analysis
 
Description Water samples from standard depths (0-5ohn) around Andamans collected during December, 1988 to January, 1989 were analysed for
various hydrographic parameters and nutrients. A study o f hydrographic parameters showed that the thickness of the surface mixed layer
was less around North Andaman and eastern side of Little Andaman. The distribution of nutrients showed that the surface concentrations
of silicate and phosphate were high and comparable to those in other world oceans. However, the deeper values were less. But it is striking
to note that the NO,N concentration in the surface layers (0-5Om) was very low and almost undetectable. This is well in accordance with
the reported low primary productivity of Andaman waters. The lower inorganic nitrogen concentration in the surface may be due to the
slow process of regeneration of nitrogenous matter and absence of adequate supply of inorganic nitrogen from the deeper layers due to
limited mixing.
 
Date 1990
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/5116/1/4__Chemical_characteristics_of_the_waters_around_Andamans_during_late_winter.pdf
Mathew, Laly and Pillai, V N (1990) Chemical characteristics of the waters around Andamans during late winter. In: Proceedings of the first workshop on scientific results of FORV Sagar Sampada, 5-7 June 1989, Kochi.