Water column stratification governs picophytoplankton community structure in the oligotrophic eastern Indian ocean

F Wang, S Guo, J Liang, X Sun - Marine Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Under the background of global warming, the area extent of the oligotrophic tropical oceans
has growing due to increased water-column stratification over the past decades …

Accumulation of dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen in the photic zone in the nitrogen-depleted waters of the Bay of Bengal

DN Rao, V Sarma - Marine Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) accumulates in the upper ocean for several days to years
and supports both autotrophic and heterotrophic activities. To examine the source of DOM …

Biogeochemistry of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen in the Bay of Bengal: New insights through re-analysis of data

V Sarma - Journal of Earth System Science, 2022 - Springer
Primary production is reported to be a fraction of heterotrophic carbon demand in the Bay of
Bengal (BoB), and it is attributed to the unavailability of inorganic nutrients and faster sinking …

A single Prochlorococcus ecotype dominates the tropical Bay of Bengal with ultradian growth

J Grone, C Poirier, K Abbott, F Wittmers… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Bay of Bengal (BoB) spans> 2.2 million km2 in the northeastern Indian Ocean
and is bordered by dense populations that depend upon its resources. Over recent decades …

Spatial variability in nitrogen uptake rates and f-ratio in the northern Indian Ocean

V Sarma, B Sridevi - Marine Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Inorganic nitrogen is the major limiting nutrient in the northern Indian Ocean. The published
and unpublished data of nitrate (NO 3−) and ammonium (NH 4+) uptake rates and estimated …

Acutely rising temperature reduces photosynthetic capacity of phytoplankton assemblages in tropical oceans: a large-scale investigation

G Mai, J Liu, X Xia, X Pang, B Li, L Yu, Y Tan… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Climate changes interacting with human activities are raising the temperature in global
oceans. To explore physiological responses of in situ phytoplankton assemblages to …

Size-Fractionated Filtration Combined with Molecular Methods Reveals the Size and Diversity of Picophytoplankton

X Shuwang, J Sun, Y Wei, C Guo - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In order to accurately characterize the composition of the
picophytoplankton community by size in the marine environment, we used a size …