Are eddies nature's trigger to enhance biological productivity in the Bay of Bengal?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Kumar, S Prasanna ^a   Nuncio, M ^a   Narvekar, Jayu ^a   Kumar, Ajoy ^b   Sardesai, S ^a   De Souza, S N ^a   Gauns, Mangesh ^a   Ramaiah, N ^a   Madhupratap, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NUTRITION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEDIMENTS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIONS; PRODUCTIVITY PATTERNS;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

EDDY; HALOCLINE; LIMITING FACTOR; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 3042820779     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019274     Document Type: Article

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