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Deep chlorophyll maximum and nutricline in the Mediterranean Sea: emerging properties from a multi-platform assimilated biogeochemical model experiment
Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale – OGS, Trieste, 34100, Italy
Giorgio Bolzon
Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale – OGS, Trieste, 34100, Italy
Laura Feudale
Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale – OGS, Trieste, 34100, Italy
Gianpiero Cossarini
Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale – OGS, Trieste, 34100, Italy
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During summer, maxima of phytoplankton chlorophyll concentration (DCM) occur in the subsurface of the Mediterranean Sea and can play a relevant role in carbon sequestration into the ocean interior. A numerical model based on in situ and satellite observations provides insights into the range of DCM conditions across the relatively small Mediterranean Sea and shows a western DCM that is 25 % shallower and with a higher phytoplankton chlorophyll concentration than in the eastern Mediterranean.
During summer, maxima of phytoplankton chlorophyll concentration (DCM) occur in the subsurface...
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