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and CO
2
records, leading Altabet et al. [1] to conclude that changes in denitri-
fication in the ODZ of the Arabian Sea, and probably in other similar areas of
the eastern tropical Pacific, had a major impact on global climate.
Acknowledgements
We express our gratitude to the Department of Ocean Development (DOD),
Government of India, for generously allotting time on Sagar Kanya and Sagar
Sampada for this project. AHD and LAC were supported by the NSF through
grants OCE 9416626 and OCE 0118036. SWAN supported by the DOD
(under the project “Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone”) and by the
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
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