Preface
Raleigh R. Hood, S. Wajih A. Naqvi, and Jerry D. Wiggert vii
Introduction to Indian Ocean Biogeochemical Processes and Ecological Variability: Current Understanding and Emerging Perspectives
Jerry D. Wiggert, Raleigh R. Hood, S. Wajih A. Naqvi, Kenneth H. Brink, and Sharon L. Smith 1
Biophysical Processes in the Indian Ocean
J. P. McCreary, R. Murtugudde, J. Vialard, P. N. Vinayachandran, J. D. Wiggert, R. R. Hood, D. Shankar, and S. Shetye 9
What Drives the Biological Productivity of the Northern Indian Ocean?
S. Prasanna Kumar, Jayu Narvekar, M. Nuncio, M. Gauns, and S. Sardesai 33
Monsoons, Islands, and Eddies: Their Effects on Phytoplankton in the Indian Ocean
John Marra and Thomas S. Moore II 57
Impact of Physical Processes on Chlorophyll Distribution in the Bay of Bengal
P. N. Vinayachandran 71
Wintertime Convection and Ventilation of the Upper Pycnocline in the Northernmost Arabian Sea
Karl Banse and James R. Postel 87
Bacterioplankton Abundance and Production in Indian Ocean Regions
N. Ramaiah, V. Fernandes, V. V. Rodrigues, J. T. Paul, and M. Gauns 119
Grazing Processes and Secondary Production in the Arabian Sea: A Simple Food Web Synthesis With Measurement Constraints
Michael R. Landry 133
Physical and Biogeochemical Controls of the Phytoplankton Seasonal Cycle in the Indian Ocean: A Modeling Study
Vamara Koné, Olivier Aumont, Marina Lévy, and Laure Resplandy 147
Dinitrogen Fixation in the Indian Ocean
Margaret R. Mulholland and Douglas G. Capone 167
Distribution and Relative Quantification of Key Genes Involved in Fixed Nitrogen Loss From the Arabian Sea Oxygen Minimum Zone
Amal Jayakumar, S. Wajih A. Naqvi, and Bess B. Ward 187
Nitrous Oxide in the Indian Ocean
Hermann W. Bange 205
Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Carbon Cycle of the Indian Ocean
Dennis A. Hansell 217
Challenges for Present and Future Estimates of Anthropogenic Carbon in the Indian Ocean
C. Goyet and F. Touratier 231
Net Community Production in the Northern Indian Ocean
V. V. S. S. Sarma 239
Impact of Regional Indian Ocean Characteristics on the Biogeochemical Variability of Settling Particles
Daniela Unger and Tim Jennerjahn 257
Carbon Cycling in the Mesopelagic Zone of the Central Arabian Sea: Results From a Simple Model
Thomas R. Anderson and Vladimir A. Ryabchenko 281
Rates and Regulation of Microbially Mediated Aerobic and Anaerobic Carbon Oxidation Reactions in Continental Margin Sediments From the Northeastern Arabian Sea (Pakistan Margin)
Gareth T. W Law, Gregory L. Cowie, Eric R. Breuer, Matthew C. Schwartz, S. Martyn Harvey, Clare Woulds, Tracy M. Shimmield, Graham B. Shimmield, and Kathleen A. Doig 299
Is ¿15N of Sedimentary Organic Matter a Good Proxy for Paleodenitrification in Coastal Waters of the Eastern Arabian Sea?
Rajesh Agnihotri, S. Wajih A. Naqvi, Siby Kurian, Mark A. Altabet, and J. F. Bratton 321
Seasonal Anoxia Over the Western Indian Continental Shelf
S. Wajih A. Naqvi, Hema Naik, Amal Jayakumar, Anil K. Pratihary, Gayatri Narvenkar, Siby Kurian, Rajesh Agnihotri, M. S. Shailaja, and Pradip V. Narvekar 333
Unusual Blooms of the Green Noctiluca miliaris (Dinophyceae) in the Arabian Sea During the Winter Monsoon
Helga do Rosario Gomes, S. G. Prabhu Matondkar, Sushma G. Parab, Joaquim I. Goes, Suraksha Pednekar, Adnan R. N. AI-Azri, and Prasad G. Thoppil 347
Monsoonal and ENSO Impacts on Particle Fluxes and the Biological Pump in the Indian Ocean
T. Rixen, V. Ramaswamy, B. Gaye, B. Herunadi, E. Maier-Reimer, H. W. Bange, and V. Ittekkot 365
Basin-Wide Modification of Dynamical and Biogeochemical Processes by the Positive Phase of the Indian Ocean Dipole During the SeaWiFS Era
Jerry D. Wiggert, Jérôme Vialard, and Michael J. Behrenfeld 385
Indian Ocean Research: Opportunities and Challenges
Raleigh R. Hood, Jerry D. Wiggert, and S. Wajih A. Naqvi 409
Index 429
