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dc.contributor.authorNaqvi, S.W.A.
dc.contributor.authorShailaja, M.S.
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-06T10:32:58Z
dc.date.available2009-05-06T10:32:58Z
dc.date.issued1993
dc.identifier.citationDeep-Sea Research (II: Topical Studies in Oceanography), Vol.40; 687-695p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2806
dc.description.abstractMeasurements of the activity of the respirtory electron transport system (ETS) at 15 stations in the Arabian Sea during the northeast monsoon (December 1988) yield high respiration rates that do not correlate with the trends in primary productivity. The rates are unlikely to be sustainEd. by the supply of carbon associated with the sinking particles alone, and seem to suggest a major role for dissolved and/or suspended organic matter in fueling oxygen consumption and denitrification. The data are utilized to compute a denitrification rate of 24-33 Tg N y sup(-1) in the Arabian Sea. This estimate agrees with the estimate based on the exports of nitrate deficits outside the denitrification zone. The ventilation time of the denitrifying layer is calcullated as approx 1 year
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPergamon
dc.rightsCopyright [1993]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
dc.subjectrespiration
dc.subjectoxygen minimum layer
dc.subjectoxygen consumption
dc.subjectdenitrification
dc.subjectmonsoons
dc.titleActivity of the respiratory electron transport system and respiration rates within the oxygen minimum layer of the Arabian Sea
dc.typeJournal Article


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