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Sedimentary organic matter signature hints at the phytoplankton-driven biological carbon pump in the central Arabian Sea
Medhavi Pandey
CSIR National Institute of Oceanography, Biological Oceanography Division, Dona Paula, Goa 403004, India
Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
Haimanti Biswas
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CSIR National Institute of Oceanography, Biological Oceanography Division, Dona Paula, Goa 403004, India
Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
Daniel Birgel
Institute for Geology, Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), Universität Hamburg, Bundesstraße 55, 20146, Hamburg, Germany
Nicole Burdanowitz
Institute for Geology, Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), Universität Hamburg, Bundesstraße 55, 20146, Hamburg, Germany
Birgit Gaye
Institute for Geology, Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), Universität Hamburg, Bundesstraße 55, 20146, Hamburg, Germany
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We analysed sea surface temperature (SST) proxy and plankton biomarkers in sediments that accumulate sinking material signatures from surface waters in the central Arabian Sea (21°–11° N, 64° E), a tropical basin impacted by monsoons. We saw a north–south SST gradient, and the biological proxies showed more organic matter from larger algae in the north. Smaller algae and zooplankton were more numerous in the south. These trends were related to ocean–atmospheric processes and oxygen availability.
We analysed sea surface temperature (SST) proxy and plankton biomarkers in sediments that...
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