Black Sea Biogeochemistry
The goal of this session is to bring together oceanographers interested in the biogeochemistry of the Black Sea. New results are available from many recent research cruises. The Black Sea is the classic marine anoxic basin and is an ideal site to study oxidation-reduction reactions involving many elements including O, S, N, Mn and Fe. Most of these reactions are microbially mediated. Recent data suggests that many distributions in physical properties, biogeochemicals and biology are influenced by variability in climate. In addition the Black Sea is of special interest as a marginal sea that has been subjected to intense eutrophication and the impacts have been significant. The Black Sea is also sometimes considered an analogue for the early earth’s ocean which consisted of an oxic surface layer and an anoxic deep layer.
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