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The data on the isotopic composition of particulate organic carbon (δ13CPOC) in the Caspian Sea water in summer–autumn 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2013 are discussed in the paper. These data allowed as to reveal the predominant genesis of organic carbon in suspended particulate matter of the active seawater layer (from 0 to 40 m). The δ13CPOC =–27‰ (PDB) and δ13CPOC =–20.5‰ (PDB) values were taken as the reference data for terrigenous and planktonogenic organic matter, respectively. Seasonal (early summer, late summer, and autumn) variations in the composition of suspended particulate matter in the active sea layer were revealed. A shift of δ13CPOC towards greater values was seen in autumn (with a slight outburst in the development (bloom) of phytoplankton) in comparison with summer (with large accumulations and an extraordinary phytoplankton bloom confined to the thermocline area). The seasonal dynamics of autochthonous and allochthonous components in the suspended particulate matter of the Middle and Southern Caspian Sea was studied with the use of data on the concentration of particulate matter and chlorophyll a, the phytoplankton biomass and the POC content.
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Original Russian Text © M.D. Kravchishina, A.A. Klyuvitkin, L.A. Pautova, N.V. Politova, A.Yu. Lein, 2018, published in Okeanologiya, 2018, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 53–66.
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Kravchishina, M.D., Klyuvitkin, A.A., Pautova, L.A. et al. Stable Isotopic Composition of Particulate Organic Carbon in the Caspian Sea. Oceanology 58, 45–56 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437018010083
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