Respiration rates in subsurface waters of the northern Indian Ocean: Evidence for low decomposition rates of organic matter within the water column in the Bay of Bengal

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-81

  Naqvi, S W A ^a   Shailaja, M S ^a   Dileep Kumar, M ^a   Sen Gupta, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION RATE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT SYSTEM; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION RATE;

INDIAN OCEAN, BAY OF BENGAL;

EID: 0029750454     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0645(95)00080-1     Document Type: Article

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