Abstract The Indian Ocean (IO) currently bears the second largest plastic load and therefore,
has a high potential for microplastic (MP) pollution. Despite the findings from individual …

Dinitrogen (N2) fixation provides the major source of reactive nitrogen in the open ocean,
sustaining biological productivity. The Indian Ocean (IO) covers 22% of the ocean surface …

Background Expanding fisheries in developing nations like Sri Lanka have a significant
impact on threatened marine species such as elasmobranchs. Manta and devil (mobulid) …

Abstract The Indian Ocean is the least observed of the three oceans, and a large amount of
reanalysis data has to be used to study the Indian Ocean. Observations of sea surface …

Recent studies have pointed out an increased warming over the tropical Indian Ocean (IO)
and how such warming could alter the convection and rainfall in the region. In this study …

Diffuse attenuation coefficient (K d (λ)), a measure of water quality and an indicator to predict
the euphotic zone, is one of the key optical variables in ocean studies that can be …

The Bay of Bengal (BoB) is conventionally believed to be a low productive, oligotrophic
marine ecosystem, where the diazotroph communities presumed to play a vital role in …

Several studies have shown that rapid sea surface temperature (SST) warming in the
tropical Indian Ocean (IO) significantly modulates the summer monsoon rainfall (SMR) over …

Based on Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) data and the Ocean Reanalysis System
5 (ORAS5) dataset, positive salinity anomalies exceeding 2 psu in the northern Bay of …

Abstract Time series measurements (2010–2017) from the Research Moored Array for
African-Asian-Australian Monsoon Analysis and Prediction (RAMA) moorings at 15° N, 90° E …