Variability of subsurface denitrification and surface productivity in the coastal eastern Arabian Sea over the past seven centuries

Holocene

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 755-764

  Agnihotri, Rajesh ^a   Kurian, Siby ^a   Fernandes, Michelle ^a   Reshma, K ^a   D'Souza, W ^a,b   Naqvi, S W A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

'Little Ice Age'; Anthropocene; Anthropogenic impact; Arabian Sea; Biological productivity; Denitrification; Indian shelf

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DENITRIFICATION; HYDROGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LITTLE ICE AGE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 58149400417     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683608091795     Document Type: Article

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