Ding, Yufei and Zhu, Changfeng and Zhang, Cai and Zhang, Haifeng and Zhao, Jun and Guo, Xiaoze and Zhang, Wei and Pan, Jianming (2024) Distributions of dissolved oxygen and apparent oxygen utilization in the Cosmonaut Sea and Amundsen Sea in austral summer 2022. Advances in Polar Science, 35 (3). pp. 327-369.
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Abstract
Dissolved oxygen (DO) and apparent oxygen utilization (AOU) are essential parameters for evaluating the impact of climate change on marine ecosystems. In this study, we utilized data on DO and AOU collected from the Amundsen Sea (western Antarctic) and the Cosmonaut Sea (eastern Antarctic) during the 38th Chinese National Antarctic Research Expedition, along with chlorophyll a (Chl a) data, to analyze the impact of primary production and the spatial distribution and structural features of water masses in these regions. The findings show that the standard deviation range of parallel DO samples is between 0.1 and 3.9 μmol·L−1, meeting the precision criteria of the survey method. AOU values lower than 0.0 μmol·L−1 were commonly observed in the surface waters of both regions, with the highest incidence in the polynya of Amundsen Sea, indicating a strong influence of high primary production. The Cosmonaut Sea exhibited the highest AOU values (higher than 160.0 μmol·L−1) in the 75–500 m layer, while AOU value in the Amundsen Sea did not exceed 160.0 μmol·L−1, suggesting potential upwelling of Circumpolar Deep Water to 100 m in the Cosmonaut Sea with minimal changes in its properties, whereas significant changes were noted in the properties of upwelling modified Circumpolar Deep Water in the Amundsen Sea. AOU values lower than 125.0 μmol·L−1 were detected in the near-bottom waters of the Cosmonaut Sea, indicating the presence of Antarctic Bottom Water.
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| Keywords: | dissolved oxygen, apparent oxygen utilization, Southern Ocean, water mass, chlorophyll a |
| Subjects: | Natural Environment > Atmosphere Natural Environment > Oceans |
| Organizations: | Unspecified |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jan 2025 10:02 |
| URI: | http://library.arcticportal.org/id/eprint/2851 |
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