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Near‐bottom chemistry in the eastern Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans 1
Author(s) -
Culberson C. H.,
Pytkoivicz R. M.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1975.20.3.0463
Subject(s) - alkalinity , oceanography , salinity , nitrate , silicate , environmental science , phosphate , geology , chemistry , organic chemistry
Near‐bottom chemistry at depths greater than 2,000 m was studied in the eastern tropical Pacific (27 stations), the northeastern Pacific (9 stations), the Caribbean Sea (1 station), and the North Atlantic (2 stations). Salinity, oxygen, pH, alkalinity, silicate, phosphate, and nitrate were measured at eight heights from 0.6 to 300 m above the bottom. No measurable salinity, oxygen, alkalinity, silicate, phosphate, or nitrate gradients were observed. A statistically significant near‐bottom increase in pH was found, but the increase was small and could have resulted from undetected analytical or sampling errors.