Affiliation:
1. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Abstract
The paper presents data from the 63rd cruise of the R/V “Akademik Mstislav Keldysh” in August–October 2015. The main areas of work included the western part of the Kara Sea, the bays of Novaya Zemlya (Sedova, Oga and Tsivolki), a transect through the Voronin Trench, a transect from the Lena River delta to the continental slope of the Laptev Sea. During the cruise, a chemical analysis of pore and bottom waters was carried out for the content of nitrite, nitrate nitrogen, silicon, phosphates, total alkalinity and pH. The patterns of distribution of silicon and phosphorus concentrations at the water-bottom interface are considered. In the Kara Sea analysis of the data showed that the maximum concentrations of nutrients are located in the upper 10 cm sediment layer, below that concentrations gradually decrease. In all studied bays of Novaya Zemlya, the concentrations of nutrients in the silt waters were lower than on the adjacent shelf. In the Laptev Sea, the content of nitrates in silt waters is higher, and phosphates are lower than in the Kara Sea. Differences in the content of nutrients in the bottom and silt water are associated both with external factors (river runoff) and physical and geological features of the upper sediment layer of the studied areas.
Publisher
P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, RAS
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