Open ocean dead zones in the tropical North Atlantic Ocean
Open ocean dead zones in the tropical North Atlantic Ocean
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Karstensen, J , Fiedler, B , Schütte, F , Brandt, P , Körtzinger, A , Fischer, G , Zantopp, R , Hahn, J , Visbeck, M and Wallace, D
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Katlenburg-Lindau: Copernicus GmbH
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English
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Katlenburg-Lindau: Copernicus GmbH
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Here we present first observations, from instrumentation installed on moorings and a float, of unexpectedly low (<2 μmol kg−1) oxygen environments in the open waters of the tropical North Atlantic, a region where oxygen concentration does normally not fall much below 40 μmol kg−1. The low-oxygen zones are created at shallow depth, just below the mi...
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Open ocean dead zones in the tropical North Atlantic Ocean
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_d8101a156f5f44e589b1149242dec640
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_d8101a156f5f44e589b1149242dec640
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1726-4189,1726-4170
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1726-4189
DOI
10.5194/bg-12-2597-2015
