Biogeochemical, Isotopic and Bacterial Distributions Trace Oceanic Abyssal Circulation
Fig 3
Bottom distribution of geophysical and biogeochemical parameters in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
(a) Bottom distributions of θ, S, DO, THg, BPC and its constituents PRT, CHO and LIP, as well as enzymes GLU collected in 21 sites in the southern Adriatic basin and Ionian abyssal plain during MSM 13–2. (b) Bottom distributions of θ, S, and δ18Ο observed in the same region during POS 414. Data refer to the bottom-deep casts at depth within ~10–12 m above the seabed (see methods). Interpolation was performed with the weighted-average gridding algorithm of the software Ocean Data View.