Oxygen in Marine and Estuarine Systems
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical Oceanography".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 4613
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Oxygen concentration is one of the key factors that make life in oceans possible. Ocean deoxygenation has been reported in recent decades. Expansion of low-oxygen zones both in the open ocean and coastal areas has been observed. The distribution of oxygen in the ocean is dependent on various physical, biogeochemical, and biological processes. Anthropogenic activities, such as eutrophication driven by excess nutrients, cause a decrease in the oxygen content of the oceans. The processes and pathways affecting oxygen concentration are not fully understood. This Special Issue is open to submissions related to the topic of oxygen in marine systems. Particularly, manuscripts on the following subjects are encouraged:
- Long-term changes in ocean oxygen concentrations;
- Effects of deoxygenation on marine life;
- Physical, biogeochemical, and/or biological drivers controlling oxygen distribution;
- Effects of climate change on oxygen depletion;
- The role of anthropogenic activities in oxygen depletion;
- Benthic biogeochemical fluxes under variable oxygen conditions;
- Future predictions of oxygen content in the oceans.
Dr. Taavi Liblik
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Oxygen minimum zones
- Coastal hypoxia
- Anoxia in marine systems
- Deoxygenation
- Benthic fluxes
- Eutrophication
- Ocean ventilation
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