Quantification of new production during a winter Noctiluca scintillans bloom in the Arabian Sea

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Prakash, Satya ^a   Ramesh, R ^a   Sheshshayee, M S ^b   Dwivedi, R M ^c   Raman, Mini ^c  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c Indian Space Research Organization Space Application Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; NITRATES; UREA;

ARABIAN SEA (AS); BIOGEOCHEMICAL REGIMES; EASTERN ARABIAN SEA; F RATIO; PHOTIC ZONES; UPTAKE RATES; WINTER MONSOONS;

BLOOMS (METAL);

ALGAL BLOOM; AMMONIUM; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DINOFLAGELLATE; MONSOON; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; ORGANIC MATTER; UREA;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

NOCTILUCA; NOCTILUCA SCINTILLANS;

EID: 48249154238     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033819     Document Type: Article

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