Carbon Assimilation by the Picoplanktonic Community Inhabiting the Secondary Chlorophyll Maximum of the Anoxic Marine Zones of the Eastern Tropical North and South Pacific
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Montserrat Aldunate; Peter von Dassow; Cristian A. Vargas; Osvaldo Ulloa
- Source
- Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol 9 (2022)
- Subject
- autotrophy
secondary chlorophyll maximum
oxygen minimum zones
anoxia
Prochlorococcus
heterotrophy
Science
General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution
QH1-199.5
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2296-7745
Anoxic marine zones (AMZs) constitute pelagic systems distinguished from the oxygen minimum zones (OMZs) by the complete absence of detectable oxygen and the accumulation of nitrite in mid-waters. At the top of the oxygen-depleted layer and below the oxycline, nutrients are abundant; light intensity is very much reduced (