DOC in the Mediterranean Sea

Dissolved organic matter dynamics in surface waters affected by oil spill pollution: Results from the Serious Game exercise

“…Table 1). This is the range usually observed in surface waters, both in the ocean (Lonborg and Alvarez-Salgado, 2014; Hansell, 2013) and in the 8 Mediterranean Sea (Santinelli, 2015). Though the two cruises were carried out very close in time (May 17 th and 21 st ), DOC distribution changed, in agreement with the change in circulation pattern.…”

Circulation and oxygen cycling in the Mediterranean Sea: Sensitivity to future climate change

“…Per unit volume, the baseline O 2 consumption rates are greater in WMDW than in EMDW, but lower in WMIW than EMIW despite the higher primary productivity in the WMS compared with the EMS [ Antoine et al ., ]. A higher influx of labile and semilabile DOC into the WMDW [ Santinelli , ], which enhances heterotrophic respiration in the DWs of the WMS [ Luna et al ., ], helps explain the 2.5 times larger O 2 consumption rate in WMDW (0.71 µM yr −1 ; Table S5) compared to EMDW (0.29 µM yr −1 ; Table S5). The twofold difference in O 2 consumption rate between EMIW (4.12 µM yr −1 ) and WMIW (2.23 µM yr −1 ) is similarly attributed to differences in the input of degradable DOC.…”

Phosphorus and nitrogen trajectories in the Mediterranean Sea (1950–2030): Diagnosing basin-wide anthropogenic nutrient enrichment

“…Reported DON:DOP ratios in the MS tend to be extremely variable, however. They range from 50 to 84, 476 and from 60 to 220, in the photic zone of the WMS and EMS, respectively, and from 67 to 400, and from 477 25 to 260 in WMDW and EMDW, respectively (Santinelli, 2015). The heterogeneity in reported DON:DOP 478 ratios may largely be due to the difficulty in accurately measuring DOP concentrations, which tend to be 479 very low and require careful blank correction.…”