Oxygen in the Sea Bottom Measured with a Microelectrode
- 21 March 1980
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 207 (4437) , 1355-1356
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.207.4437.1355
Abstract
The depth of penetration of oxygen into coastal marine sediments (water depth, 4 to 44 meters; 6° to 10°C) varied from 1 to 5.5 millimeters, as measured with membrane-covered oxygen microelectrodes. Below these upper few millimeters, oxygen was present only in the immediate vicinity of animal burrows. The depth of oxygen penetration is related to the rate at which oxygen is consumed in the sediment.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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