Oxygen penetration deep into the sediment of the South Pacific gyre
Sediment oxygen concentration profiles and benthic microbial oxygen consumption rates were investigated during an IODP site survey in the South Pacific Gyre. Primary production, particle fluxes and sedimentation rates are extremely low in this ultra-oligotrophic oceanic region. We derived O<s...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2009-08-01
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Series: | Biogeosciences |
Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/6/1467/2009/bg-6-1467-2009.pdf |