Biogeochemical parameters and processes in waters and bottom sediments of the Chukchi Sea

Study of biogeochemical processes in waters and sediments of the Chukchi Sea in August 2004 revealed atypical maxima of biogenic element (N, P, and Si) concentrations and rate of microbial sulfate reduction in the surface layer (0-3 cm) of marine sediments. The C/N/P ratio in organic matter (OM) of...

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Main Authors: Lein, Alla Yu, Savvichev, Alexander S, Rusanov, Igor I, Pavlova, Galina A, Belyaev, Nikolay A, Crane, Kathleen, Pimenov, Nikolay V, Ivanov, Mikhail V
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2007
Subjects:
Archive of Ocean Data
ARCOD
Chukchi Sea
Chukchi
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.785894
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.785894
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Summary:Study of biogeochemical processes in waters and sediments of the Chukchi Sea in August 2004 revealed atypical maxima of biogenic element (N, P, and Si) concentrations and rate of microbial sulfate reduction in the surface layer (0-3 cm) of marine sediments. The C/N/P ratio in organic matter (OM) of this layer does not fit the Redfield-Richards stoichiometric model. Specific features of biogeochemical processes in the sea are likely related to the complex dynamics of water, high primary produc¬tivity (110-1400 mg C/m**2/day), low depth of the basin (<50 m for 60% of the water area), reduced food chain due to low population of zooplankton, high density of zoobenthos (up to 4230 g/m**2), and high activity of microbial processes. Drastic decrease in concentrations of biogenic elements, iodine, total alkalinity, and population of microorganisms beneath the 0-3 cm layer testify to large-scale OM decay at the water-seafloor barrier. Our original experimental data support high annual rate of OM mineralization at the bottom of the Chukchi Sea.

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