DOM DYNAMICS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. Can a new fluorescence SENSOR contribute to its understanding?
Autori: Simona Retelletti Brogi, Marta Furia, Giancarlo Bachi, Vanessa Cardin, Giuseppe Civitarese, Bruno Tiribilli, Toste Tanhua, Massimo Vassalli and Chiara Santinelli
Rivista: EGU General Assembly 2020
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-18207
Abstract:
The Mediterranean Sea (Med Sea) can be considered as a natural laboratory for the study of dissolved organic matter (DOM) dynamics. Despite its small size, it is characterized by the same physical processes and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration and distribution as the global ocean. The Med Sea deep water DOC pool is however older than the Atlantic one and differences in the microbial loop and in DOM dynamics have been observed between the eastern (EMED) and western (WMED) basins. Fluorescence is a fast, cheap and highly sensitive tool to study DOM dynamics, it can therefor give useful information about the main processes affecting DOM distribution.
