Microbial oceanography of anoxic oxygen minimum zones

O Ulloa, DE Canfield, EF DeLong… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Vast expanses of oxygen-deficient and nitrite-rich water define the major oxygen minimum
zones (OMZs) of the global ocean. They support diverse microbial communities that …

System controls of coastal and open ocean oxygen depletion

GC Pitcher, A Aguirre-Velarde, D Breitburg… - Progress in …, 2021 - Elsevier
The epoch of the Anthropocene, a period during which human activity has been the
dominant influence on climate and the environment, has witnessed a decline in oxygen …

[HTML][HTML] Marine waters assessment using improved water quality model incorporating machine learning approaches

MG Uddin, A Rahman, S Nash, MTM Diganta… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In marine ecosystems, both living and non-living organisms depend on “good” water quality.
It depends on a number of factors, and one of the most important is the quality of the water …

Dynamics and distribution of natural and human-caused hypoxia

NN Rabalais, RJ Diaz, LA Levin, RE Turner… - …, 2010 - bg.copernicus.org
Water masses can become undersaturated with oxygen when natural processes alone or in
combination with anthropogenic processes produce enough organic carbon that is …

N2 production rates limited by nitrite availability in the Bay of Bengal oxygen minimum zone

LA Bristow, CM Callbeck, M Larsen, MA Altabet… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
A third or more of the fixed nitrogen lost from the oceans as N2 is removed by anaerobic
microbial processes in open ocean oxygen minimum zones. These zones have expanded …

Towards a consistent classification scheme for geochemical environments, or, why we wish the term 'suboxic'would go away

DE Canfield, BO Thamdrup - Geobiology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
It is our opinion that the nomenclature used to define geochemical environments is
inconsistent and confusing, and in particular the use and meaning of the term 'suboxic' …

Biogeochemistry of the Bay of Bengal: physical, chemical and primary productivity characteristics of the central and western Bay of Bengal during summer monsoon …

M Madhupratap, M Gauns, N Ramaiah… - Deep Sea Research …, 2003 - Elsevier
Reliable data on biological characteristics from the Bay of Bengal are elusive. In this paper,
we present results on physics, chemistry and biology simultaneously measured during the …

Influence of physical processes and freshwater discharge on the seasonality of phytoplankton regime in the Bay of Bengal

HR Gomes, JI Goes, T Saino - Continental Shelf Research, 2000 - Elsevier
We have examined the seasonality of phytoplankton in the western and northern Bay of
Bengal using shipboard data collected during three seasons as well as ocean colour …

[HTML][HTML] Reviews and syntheses: Present, past, and future of the oxygen minimum zone in the northern Indian Ocean

T Rixen, G Cowie, B Gaye, J Goes… - …, 2020 - bg.copernicus.org
Decreasing concentrations of dissolved oxygen in the ocean are considered one of the main
threats to marine ecosystems as they jeopardize the growth of higher organisms. They also …

Comparative accounts of biological productivity characteristics and estimates of carbon fluxes in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal

M Gauns, M Madhupratap, N Ramaiah… - Deep Sea Research …, 2005 - Elsevier
The Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal are tropical basins experiencing monsoonal wind
forcing that reverses semi-annually. This brings changes in physics, chemistry and biology …