https://www.oceanexpert.org/expert/amitsarkar

ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9359-5247

Ph.D.

Research

Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology
Chemical Oceanography
Limnology

• Nutrient biogeochemistry in the OMZs of Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal
• CO2 cycling in the Indian Sector Southern Ocean
• Chemical Oceanography on Marine Protected Area in the Arabian Gulf
• Nitrogen and carbon cycling in tropical reservoirs and dams

Persian Gulf
Arabian Sea
Bay of Bengal
Southern Ocean

• Nutrient measurements: Continuous flow analyser (SKALAR SAN++ and SEAL AA3) and using Spectrophotometer

• Routine measurement of water chemistry parameters (Dissolved oxygen, Carbon dioxide system including TOC, DOC, DIC, Total Alkalinity,pH, Sulfides, Chlorophylls etc)

• 15N in di-nitrogen gas using quadrapole IRMS coupled with GC

• 13C and 15N in Suspended Particulate Organic Matter (SPOM) and sediment samples using EURO3000 Eurovector elemental analyzer-Thermo DELTA V PLUS IRMS

• Analysis of Lignin derived phenol and persistant organic pollutants (POPs) and other halogenated compound using GC and GC-MS/MS (Thermo)

• Sedimentary amino acids using HPLC

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PhD in Marine Geology (Biogeochemistry) from Mangalore University and National, Institute of Oceanography, India.

10 years experience as chemical oceanographer and limnology in operational and observational aspects. 

Research Interest: Aquatic biogeochemistry pertaining nitrogen and carbon cycling in marine environment; Elemental cycling in oxygen minimum zones; Production and fluxes of climatically important gases; Impact of anthropogenic perturbations on biogeochemical processes in freshwater, coastal and open ocean systems