Subsurface oxygen maximum in oligotrophic marine ecosystems: mapping the interaction between physical and biogeochemical processes

Abstract 1/24 ∘ resolution biogeochemical reanalysis provided by the Copernicus Marine Service for the 1999–2019 time period. We validated the model-derived oxygen concentration in the epipelagic layer at different spatial and temporal scales, including novel process comparisons with estimates from in situ observations. Moreover, using Biogeochemical Argo (BGC-Argo) float observations, we estimated the model uncertainty in reproducing the SOM concentration and depth in summer (13 mmol O2  m- 3 2  m- 3 and 30–100 m, respectively) are in agreement with the estimations from the literature and show mesoscale variability patterns. The western Mediterranean also shows a stronger biological activity, specifically oxygen production and consumption, along the whole epipelagic layer and higher oxygen concentrations at the surface throughout the year, but heavy undersaturated waters are associated with winter deep convection in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. A 1-year analysis conducted on selected areas that are representative of the heterogeneity of summer SOM highlighted that the SOM can actually be sustained by biological production (as in northwestern Mediterranean areas), or it can be a residual of the confinement of spring production (as in the central Ionian area) and vertical motions influence its depth (as in the Levantine subduction area).

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Subsurface oxygen maximum in oligotrophic marine ecosystems: mapping the interaction between physical and biogeochemical processes ; volume:19 ; number:23 ; year:2022 ; pages:5553-5574 ; extent:22
Biogeosciences ; 19, Heft 23 (2022), 5553-5574 (gesamt 22)

Urheber
Di Biagio, Valeria
Salon, Stefano
Feudale, Laura
Cossarini, Gianpiero

DOI
10.5194/bg-19-5553-2022
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022121504404122869792
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  • Di Biagio, Valeria
  • Salon, Stefano
  • Feudale, Laura
  • Cossarini, Gianpiero

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