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Dynamics of the deep chlorophyll maximum in the Black Sea as depicted by BGC-Argo floats
Florian Ricour
Freshwater and OCeanic science Unit of reSearch (FOCUS), University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, Sorbonne Universités, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Freshwater and OCeanic science Unit of reSearch (FOCUS), University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
Fabrizio D'Ortenzio
Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, Sorbonne Universités, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Bruno Delille
Freshwater and OCeanic science Unit of reSearch (FOCUS), University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
Marilaure Grégoire
Freshwater and OCeanic science Unit of reSearch (FOCUS), University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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This paper addresses the phenology of the deep chlorophyll maximum (DCM) in the Black Sea (BS). We show that the DCM forms in March at a density level set by the winter mixed layer. It maintains this location until June, suggesting an influence of the DCM on light and nutrient profiles rather than mere adaptation to external factors. In summer, the DCM concentrates ~55 % of the chlorophyll in a 10 m layer at ~35 m depth and should be considered a major feature of the BS phytoplankton dynamics.
This paper addresses the phenology of the deep chlorophyll maximum (DCM) in the Black Sea (BS)....
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