The Effect of Physical Processes on the Distribution of Nutrients and Oxygen in the NW Levantine Sea
- Resource Type
- Authors
- E. Souvermezoglou; E. Krasakopoulou
- Source
- The Eastern Mediterranean as a Laboratory Basin for the Assessment of Contrasting Ecosystems ISBN: 9780792355861
- Subject
- Chemical signature
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category
business.industry
Plankton biomass
Distribution (economics)
Physical oceanography
Nutrient
Oceanography
Anticyclone
Ocean gyre
Cyclone
business
Geology
- Language
The extensive study of the nutrient regime in the Eastern Mediterranean since 1985 allowed the detailed description of their spatial and temporal distribution. The combination of the chemical and physical oceanography data revealed the important chemical signature of the physical processes, the circulation features and dynamics. The two main circulation features namely Rhodes cyclone and Ierapetra anticyclone make the NW Levantine a special area to study the interactions between physical and chemical parameters. Thus we have been able to understand the increase of nutrients and plankton biomass during the cold winter 1992 in the Rhodes gyre and confirm the evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean Deep Water from its chemical characteristics.