Seasonal cycle of physical forcing and biological response in the Bay of Bengal

Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 388-405

  Prasanna Kumar, S ^a   Nuncio, M ^b   Narvekar, Jayu ^a   Ramaiah, N ^a   Sardesai, S ^a   Gauns, M ^a   Fernandes, V ^a   Paul, J T ^a   Jyothibabu, R ^c   Jayaraj, K A ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

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

^c Regional Centre of NIO   (India)

Author keywords

Advection; Chlorophyll; Cold core eddy; Mixed layer depth; Nutrients; Primary productivity; Stratification; Wind mixing

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CHLOROPHYLL; DATA INTERPRETATION; EDDY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; STRATIFICATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WARM WATER; WATER COLUMN;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 78649966220     PISSN: 03795136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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