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Abstract

This book is aimed at a systematic description of the knowledge accumulated on studying of chemical structure of pelagic redox interfaces, oxygen depletion and connected processes. It presents the principal particular features of the water column redox structure, including the distributions of certain parameters and microbiological features. The book also presents studies devoted to the inter-annual variability of some oxygen-depleted systems and modelling. The monograph is written by a team of scientists joined by a common understanding of the complicated phenomena and processes that are connected with the redox-interfaces structure formation and oxygen depletion development. The book is based on numerous observational data, collected by the authors of the chapters during sea and shore expeditions, on the archive data, as well as on a wide scientific literature.