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Oxygen‐nutrient relationships in the Pacific Ocean 1
Author(s) -
AlvarezBorrego Saul,
Culberson Charles H.,
Park P. Kilho
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.1975.20.5.0806
Subject(s) - latitude , oxygen , nutrient , nitrate , water column , phosphate , environmental science , oceanography , geology , atmospheric sciences , chemistry , ecology , biology , geodesy , organic chemistry
In the northeastern Pacific Ocean the oxygen‐phosphate and oxygen‐nitrate relationships vary systematically with latitude. The variation above the oxygen minimum zone is much more pronounced than below it. The slopes of these relationships in general increase with increasing latitude. In the entire water column these slopes vary with depth. A seasonal effect on the slopes of the oxygen‐phosphate and oxygen‐nitrate relationships, similar to that with decreasing latitude, is observed; the winter slopes are higher than the summer slopes. Potential temperature versus preformed phosphate diagrams were constructed for different stations in the Pacific and Indian Oceans to study their water masses.