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Distribution of suspended particulate matter at the equatorial transect in the Atlantic Ocean
Vadim Sivkov
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 36, Nahimovskiy prospekt, Moscow, 117997, Russia
Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, 14, A. Nevskogo str., Kaliningrad, 236016, Russia
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 36, Nahimovskiy prospekt, Moscow, 117997, Russia
Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, 14, A. Nevskogo str., Kaliningrad, 236016, Russia
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The Baltic Sea is facing a serious problem: oxygen depletion in its deep waters. Our study, analyzing 20 years of data in the Gdansk Deep, shows that oxygen levels are declining. This is likely due to warming waters, which accelerate the decomposition of organic matter, consuming oxygen. Our research suggests that other oxygen sources, like deep convection and advection processes, might be playing a crucial role for the Baltic Sea well-being.
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Short summary
A suspended particulate matter distribution against a hydrographical background was studied along an oceanographic transect across the Equatorial Atlantic in the year 2000. Alongside the general agreement with the three-layer model of the ocean suspended particulate matter distribution, there was a massive area with high SPM concentrations above the Sierra Leone Rise and local SPM maxima in the bottom layer within Antarctic Bottom Water.
A suspended particulate matter distribution against a hydrographical background was studied...
