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Hypoxic and anoxic regions in the Baltic Sea, 1976

The content of this webpage is part of the Marine Science Report No 100 2016 and should be cited as:

Susanne Feistel, Rainer Feistel, Dietwart Nehring, Wolfgang Matthäus, Günther Nausch, Michael Naumann: Hypoxic and anoxic regions in the Baltic Sea, 1969 - 2015. Meereswiss. Ber., Warnemünde, 100 (2016) doi: 10.12754/msr-2016-0100

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Jan/Feb, 1976: download SVG (computed 2016)
Mar/Apr, 1976: download SVG (computed 2016)
Apr/May, 1976: download SVG (computed 2016)
Jul/Aug, 1976: download SVG (computed 2016)
Oct/Nov, 1976: download SVG (computed 2016)
Apr/May & Oct/Nov, 1976: download SVG (computed 2016)
The strong MBI in Dec./Jan. 1975/76, terminated the short stagnation period in central Baltic deep waters. Studies in Jan. 1976 indicated O2 concentrations up to 6 ml/l in the bottom water of the Bornholm Basin. Due to its high salinity, the inflowing water penetrated quickly into the central Baltic basins lifting up the anoxic bottom water in the eastern Gotland Basin in April/May. Only low H2S concentrations were found here in Aug. and Nov. No anoxic conditions were observed in the bottom water of the Gdańsk and western Gotland Basins in 1976 (NEHRING & FRANCKE, 1978).

 

References:

  • NEHRING, D., FRANCKE, E., 1978: Die Erneuerung des Tiefenwassers und andere hydrographisch-chemische Veränderungen in der Ostsee im Jahr 1976. – Fischerei-Forschung, 16(2), 15-24. (Link)