The effect of physical processes on the distribution of nutrients and oxygenin the NW levantine sea

摘要

The extensive study of the nutrient regime in the Eastern Mediterranean since 1985 allowed the detailed description of their spatial and temporal distribution. The combinationof the chemical and physical oceanography data revealed the important chemcial signature of the physical processes, the circulation features and dynamics. The two main circulation features namely Rhodes cyclone and Ierapetra anticyclone make the NW Levantine a special area to study the interactions between physical and chemical parameters. Thus we have been able to understand the increase of nutrients and plankton biomass during the cold winter 1992 in the Rhodes gyre and confirm the evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean Deep Water from its chemical characteristics.