Distribution of dissolved forms of iron and manganese in the Black Sea

YEMENİCİOĞLU S., Erdogan S., Tugrul S.

DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY, cilt.53, ss.1842-1855, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 53
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.03.014
  • Dergi Adı: DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1842-1855
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Black Sea, iron, manganese, suboxic zone, OXIC ANOXIC INTERFACE, CIRCULATION, NITROGEN, METALS, OXYGEN
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Dissolved forms of the redox-sensitive elements manganese (Mn-DISS) and iron (Fe(II) and Fe(III)) were measured in the oxic/anoxic transition zone, or suboxic zone, of the Black Sea. An offset was found between dissolved manganese and iron gradients at all stations. In the western cyclonic gyre of the Black Sea, the onset of dissolved Mn (> 0.1 mu M) was located at a density of about sigma(t) = 15.85, where the concentration of dissolved oxygen (DO) was less than 5 mu M. The onset of dissolved Fe(II) (> 0.025 mu M) was at sigma(t) = 15.90, just above the increases in hydrogen sulfide. These characteristic features were modified in the southern coastal waters by such physical processes as the rim current, formation of anticyclonic eddies, and injection of saline, oxygenated Marmara Sea waters from the Bosporus in the Bosporus Plume. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.