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The suspended small-particle layer in the oxygen-poor Black Sea: a proxy for delineating the effective N2-yielding section
Rafael Rasse
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Sorbonne Université and CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de
Villefranche (LOV) UMR7093, Institut de la Mer de Villefranche (IMEV),
06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Hervé Claustre
Sorbonne Université and CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de
Villefranche (LOV) UMR7093, Institut de la Mer de Villefranche (IMEV),
06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Antoine Poteau
Sorbonne Université and CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de
Villefranche (LOV) UMR7093, Institut de la Mer de Villefranche (IMEV),
06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
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Here, data collected by BGC-Argo floats are used to investigate the origin of the suspended small-particle layer inferred from optical sensors in the oxygen-poor Black Sea. Our results suggest that this layer is at least partially composed of the microbial communities that produce dinitrogen. We propose that oxygen and the optically derived small-particle layer can be used in combination to refine delineation of the effective N2-yielding section of the Black Sea and oxygen-deficient zones.
Here, data collected by BGC-Argo floats are used to investigate the origin of the suspended...
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