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Integrated studies on the hydrochemistry and water column rates of microbial processes in the eastern sector of the Black Sea along a standard 100-miles transect off Gelendzhik from the coast to the central part of the sea at water depths of 100–2170 m show that a series of warm winters and the absence of intense convective winter mixing resulted in a relatively low content of suspended particulate matter (SPM), particulate organic carbon (POC), and nutrients in the water column in March 2009. The relatively high SPM concentrations and the presence of isotopically light POC at the offshore station are indicative of the supply of terrigenous material from land and low contributions of phytoplanktonic organic matter to the composition of SPM. This may explain the low rates of biogeochemical processes in the water column near the coast. The surface layer at deep-water stations is dominated by isotopically heavy phytoplanktonic organic matter. This suggests that the supply of terrigenous material from land was insufficient in offshore deep-water areas. Therefore, warm winters and insufficient nutrient supply do not prevent photosynthesis in the photic layer of the deep-water zone, which generates organic substrates for heterotrophic aquatic communities. The results of isotopic analysis of POC, measurements of the rates biogeochemical processes, and the hydrochemical characteristics of the water column can be used to determine the nature and seasonal variability of the POC composition.
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Original Russian Text © I.I. Rusanov, A.Yu. Lein, P.N. Makkaveev, A.A. Klyuvitkin, M.D. Kravchishina, M.V. Ivanov, M.V. Flint, 2018, published in Okeanologiya, 2018, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 67–79.
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Rusanov, I.I., Lein, A.Y., Makkaveev, P.N. et al. Seasonal Dynamics of Biogeochemical Processes in the Water Column of the Northeastern Black Sea. Oceanology 58, 57–70 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437017060133
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