Upper water column methane geochemistry in the eastern tropical North Pacific1
書誌事項
- 公開日
- 1983-01
- 権利情報
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- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor
- DOI
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- 10.4319/lo.1983.28.1.0019
- 公開者
- Wiley
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説明
<jats:p>Upper water column (<400 m) profiles of methane, suspended matter, biological indicators, and hydrographic parameters were obtained from nine stations in the eastern tropical North Pacific Ocean. Methane was consistently supersaturated with respect to atmospheric equilibrium and displayed a subsurface maximum containing about 2–3 times near‐surface concentrations associated with the upper part of the pycnocline. Correlations between methane and the particulate and biological parameters at all nine stations taken together were low, although several stations individually exhibited significant correspondences. The methane distribution was largely controlled by physical oceanographic processes. Microbial activity associated with suspended particles, possibly recycled by repetitive zooplankton grazing, is believed most likely responsible for the excess methane.</jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- Limnology and Oceanography
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Limnology and Oceanography 28 (1), 19-32, 1983-01
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