Life in the Sea -Microbes-

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Ocean Chemistry and Circulation
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Vertical Profiles ? Display ? Bottle
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TwoTime-series Stations
1. Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) - Station
ALOHA - Pacific Ocean 2. Bermuda Atlantic
Time-Series (BATS) - Station BATS - Atlantic
Ocean
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A Comparison Pacific vs. Atlantic
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• Respiration/ Decomposition
• Organisms consume oxygen during respiration and
  feeding
• Deep ocean circulation
• - Water ages as it moves from Atlantic to
  Pacific
• - Oxygen is depleted over time