Publications (Google Scholar)
13. Nazirahmed, S., Sahoo, D., Saxena, H., Singh, A., Panchal, R. R. (2025). Picophytoplankton abundance and their contribution to particulate organic carbon in the Bay of Bengal. Journal of Earth System Science [ACCEPTED]
12. Nazirahmed, S., Sahoo, D., Saxena, H., Singh, A. (2025). Picophytoplankton distribution and their contribution to particulate organic carbon in the northern Indian Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 131, e2025JG009023. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JG009023
11. Nazirahmed, S., Rahi, P., Saxena, H., Singh, A., Panchal, R. (2025). High prokaryotic diversity in the oxygen minimum zone of the Bay of Bengal: Implications for nutrient cycling. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 91, 31–51. https://doi.org/10.3354/ame02016
10. Saxena, H., Mehta, S., Nazirahmed, S., Kumar, J., Kumar, S., Singh, A. (2025). Diazotrophs: An overlooked sink of N2O. Geophysical Research Letters, 52, e2024GL114117. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL114117
9. Sahoo, D., Saxena, H., Nazirahmed, S., Khan, M. A., Rai, D. K., Sharma, N., John, S., Kumar, S., Sudheer, A. K., Bhushan, R., Singh, A. (2024). Winter convective mixing regulates oceanic C:N:P ratios. Limnology and Oceanography, 69, 1720–1733. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12621
8. Saxena, H., Sahoo, D., Nazirahmed, S., Sharma, N., Rai, D.K., Kumar, S., Singh, A. (2024). Winter convective mixing mediating coupling of N-gain and -loss in the Arabian Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129, e2023JC020839. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC020839
7. Saxena, H., Sahoo, D., Nazirahmed, S., Chaudhari, D., Rahi, P., Kumar, S., Benavides, M., Krishna, A.V., Sudheer, A.K., Singh, A. (2023). The Bay of Bengal: An enigmatic diazotrophic niche. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 128, e2023JG007687. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JG007687
6. Shao, Z., Xu. Y., …… Saxena, H. et al. (2023). Global oceanic diazotroph database version 2 and elevated estimate of global oceanic N2 fixation. Earth System Science Data, 15, 3673–3709. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-3673-2023
5. Saxena, H., Sahoo, D., Nazirahmed, S., Rai, D. K., Khan, M. A., Sharma, N., Kumar, S., Singh, A. (2022). Contribution of carbon fixation toward carbon sink in the ocean twilight zone. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL099044. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL099044
4. Khan, M.A., Rahman, A., Sahoo, D., Saxena, H., Singh, A., Kumar, S. (2022). Nitrous oxide in the central Bay of Bengal during the summer monsoon. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 52, 102314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2022.102314
3. Sahoo, D., Saxena, H., Nazirahmed, S., Kumar, S., Sudheer, A.K., Bhushan, R., Sahay, A., Singh, A. (2021). Role of eddies and N2 fixation in regulating C:N:P proportions in the Bay of Bengal. Biogeochemistry, 155, 413–429. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-021-00833-4
2. Sahoo, D., Saxena, H., Tripathi, N., Khan, M.A., Rahman, A., Kumar, S., Sudheer, A.K., Singh, A. (2020). Non-Redfieldian C:N:P ratio in the inorganic and organic pools of the Bay of Bengal during the summer monsoon. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 653, 41–55. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13498
1. Saxena, H., Sahoo, D., Khan, M.A., Kumar, S., Sudheer, A.K., Singh, A. (2020). Dinitrogen fixation rates in the Bay of Bengal during summer monsoon. Environmental Research Communications, 2, 051007. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ab89fa
Book Chapter
Saxena, H., Singh, A. (2023). Primary production and its governing factors in the northern Indian Ocean. In Dynamics of planktonic primary productivity in the Indian Ocean. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34467-1_7
