Oxygen minimum zone of the open Arabian Sea: variability of oxygen and nitrite from daily to decadal timescales

The oxygen minimum zone (OMZ) of the Arabian Sea is the thickest of the three oceanic OMZ. It is of global biogeochemical significance because of denitrification in the upper part leading to N<sub>2</sub> and N<sub>2</sub>O production. The residence time of OMZ water is belie...

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Main Authors: K. Banse, S. W. A. Naqvi, P. V. Narvekar, J. R. Postel, D. A. Jayakumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-04-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/11/2237/2014/bg-11-2237-2014.pdf