Journal of Oceanography and Marine Research
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T. Saito

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• Research Article
  Spatial Distribution of the Particulate Organic Ligand in the South Pacific Ocean Surface Waters
  Author(s): Hirose K, Saito T and Povinec PPHirose K, Saito T and Povinec PP
  
  Strong organic ligand in oceanic Particulate Matter (PM), as determined from amount of thorium adsorption onto PM in 0.1 M HCl, was measured for surface waters of mid-latitude region (ca. 32.5°S) in the South Pacific Ocean. The Particulate Organic Ligand (POL) concentrations in surface waters of the South Pacific, ranging from 2.6 to 13.3 nM, showed a longitudinal variation with low concentrations in the South Pacific subtropical gyre (180°-100°W) and high in the eastern South Pacific. The POL concentrations in the South Pacific surface waters increased with increasing nutrients (nitrate and phosphate) and chlorophyll concentration, which means that POL in surface waters is closely related to biological activity in the ocean; the high POL occurs in highly productivity region, whereas the low POL appears in the oligotrophic ocean. This is a first basin-scale measurement of .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2332-2632.1000103

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