Composition of organic matter in waters of the Barents Sea

Concentration of dissolved and suspended organic carbon in the Barents Sea decreases with increasing depth and in meridional direction from south to north. This fact is attributed to uneven supply of organic matter (OM) from different sources. Large amounts of OM are present in the water column of t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Belyaeva, Alexandra N, Romankevich, Evgeny A
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 1982
Subjects:
AK23-2010
AK23-2014
AK23-2028
AK23-2041
AK23-2042
AK23-2063
Akademik Kurchatov
AKU23
Archive of Ocean Data
ARCOD
Barents Sea
MULT
Multiple investigations
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.755600
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.755600
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Summary:Concentration of dissolved and suspended organic carbon in the Barents Sea decreases with increasing depth and in meridional direction from south to north. This fact is attributed to uneven supply of organic matter (OM) from different sources. Large amounts of OM are present in the water column of the Barents Sea, which is a result of high productivity of this water mass and slow decomposition of OM at low temperatures and lowered activity of microflora. Larger amount of OM reaches bottom sediments of the Barents Sea more than in seas, which have similar depth and productivity, but are located at low latitudes. Characteristic features of distribution of lipids and suspended matter in sea water are examined.

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