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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1287-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1287-2016
Research article
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01 Mar 2016
Research article |  | 01 Mar 2016

Decline of the Black Sea oxygen inventory

Arthur Capet, Emil V. Stanev, Jean-Marie Beckers, James W. Murray, and Marilaure Grégoire

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We show that the Black Sea oxygen inventory has decreased by 44 % from 1955 to 2015, while oxygen penetration depth decreased from 140 to 90 m. A transient increase of the oxygen inventory during 1985–1995 supported the perception of a stable oxic interface and of a general recovery of the Black Sea after a strong eutrophication phase (1970–1990). Instead, we show that ongoing high oxygen consumption was masked by high ventilation rates, which are now limited by atmospheric warming.
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