Could Aerosol Dust Plume-derived Trace Metals and Inorganic Nutrient be Fueling the Recent Growth and Proliferation of Noctiluca scintillans Blooms in the Arabian Sea?

Yen Sheng Tan, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN, United States, Alexandria Ang, The Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, NY, United States, Helga R Gomes, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States and Joaquim I Goes, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, Palisades, United States