An evaluation of physical and biogeochemical processes regulating the oxygen minimum zone in the water column of the Bay of Bengal

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 46-1-46-10

  Sarma, V V S S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Budget; Denitrification; Dissolved oxygen; Suboxic zone

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DENITRIFICATION; INTERMEDIATE WATER; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; RIVER DISCHARGE;

BAY OF BENGAL;

EID: 0038711869     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gb001920     Document Type: Article

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