Atmospheric deposition of N, P and Fe to the Northern Indian Ocean: Implications to C- and N-fixation

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 456-457, Issue , 2013, Pages 104-114

  Srinivas, Bikkina ^a   Sarin, M M ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Air sea deposition of nutrients; Arabian Sea; Bay of Bengal; C fixation; N fixation; Ocean surface biogeochemistry

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; C-FIXATION; N-FIXATION; OCEAN SURFACES;

FORESTRY; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS;

DEPOSITION;

IRON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AEROSOL; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON FIXATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; IRON; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS; SEA SURFACE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON FIXATION; DRY DEPOSITION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIAN OCEAN; NITROGEN FIXATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLUBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON CYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIAN OCEAN; IRON; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS; SEAWATER;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84876488711     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.068     Document Type: Article

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