English: Annual mean dissolved
oxygen (upper panel) and
apparent oxygen utilisation (lower panel) from the
World Ocean Atlas2009. The data plotted show a
meridional section running north-south at 180°E (approximately the centre of the
Pacific Ocean). White regions indicate section
bathymetry. The plot was produced using
MATLAB.
While dissolved oxygen concentrations are necessarily always positive, apparent oxygen utilisation can be both positive and negative (shown here in pale
magenta). Positive values indicate regions where oxygen has been consumed to concentrations below its
equilibriumsaturation concentration. Negative values indicate regions in which the dissolved oxygen concentration is elevated above its equilibrium saturation concentration, typically in near-surface
euphotic waters by
primary production and the resulting
oxygen evolution.
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English: Annual mean dissolved
oxygen (upper panel) and
apparent oxygen utilisation (lower panel) from the
World Ocean Atlas2009. The data plotted show a
meridional section running north-south at 180°E (approximately the centre of the
Pacific Ocean). White regions indicate section
bathymetry. The plot was produced using
MATLAB.
While dissolved oxygen concentrations are necessarily always positive, apparent oxygen utilisation can be both positive and negative (shown here in pale
magenta). Positive values indicate regions where oxygen has been consumed to concentrations below its
equilibriumsaturation concentration. Negative values indicate regions in which the dissolved oxygen concentration is elevated above its equilibrium saturation concentration, typically in near-surface
euphotic waters by
primary production and the resulting
oxygen evolution.
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