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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-4953-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-4953-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Reviews and syntheses: Trends in primary production in the Bay of Bengal – is it at a tipping point?
Carolin R. Löscher
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Nordcee, DIAS, Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark,
Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Impact of ocean warming on net primary production in the northern Indian Ocean: role of aerosols and freshening of surface ocean B. Sridevi et al. 10.1007/s11356-023-26001-9
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- Atmospheric gas-phase composition over the Indian Ocean S. Tegtmeier et al. 10.5194/acp-22-6625-2022
- Spatiotemporal variability of seawater density profile and nitrate productivity in the Bay of Bengal S. Chowdhury et al. 10.1016/j.rsma.2025.104214
- A single Prochlorococcus ecotype dominates the tropical Bay of Bengal with ultradian growth J. Grone et al. 10.1111/1462-2920.16605
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The Bay of Bengal (BoB) is classically seen as an ocean region with low primary production, which has been predicted to decrease even further. Here, the importance of such a trend is used to explore what could happen to the BoB's low-oxygen core waters if primary production decreases. Lower biological production leads to less oxygen loss in deeper waters by respiration; thus it could be that oxygen will not further decrease and the BoB will not become anoxic, different to other low-oxygen areas.
The Bay of Bengal (BoB) is classically seen as an ocean region with low primary production,...
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