Nutrient biogeochemistry of the eastern Arabian Sea during the southwest monsoon retreat

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 703-718

  George, Rejomon ^a,b   Muraleedharan, K R ^a   Martin, G D ^a,b   Sabu, P ^a   Gerson, Vijay John ^a   Dineshkumar, P K ^a   Nair, S M ^b   Chandramohanakumar, N ^b   Nair, K K C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Chlorophyll a; Nutrient; Primary productivity; Runoff; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CHLOROPHYLL; EUTROPHICATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RUNOFF; SILICATES;

ARABIAN SEA; CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; EASTERN ARABIAN SEA; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; UPWELLING; VERTICAL ADVECTION;

NUTRIENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EUTROPHICATION; HYPOXIA; MONSOON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RUNOFF; UPWELLING;

ARABIAN SEA; COCHIN; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; KERALA;

EID: 84872363908     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1772-2     Document Type: Article

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