Intra-annual variability of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in suspended organic matter in waters of the western continental shelf of India
Year: 2011

Abstract. The δ13C and δ15N of water-column suspended particulate organic matter (SPOM), elemental carbon and nitrogen concentrations, and C/N ratios in SPOM, along with ancillary chemical and biological variables including phytoplankton pigment abundance, were determined every month, with the partial exception of the southwest (SW) monsoon period, from March 2007 to September 2008 at a fixed site located off Goa (central west coast of India). The results reveal significant shifts in isotopic si