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Transformations of biogenic substances in Tatar Strait water (the Sea of Japan): Analysis of mathematical modeling results

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The state of the marine environment (the temperature, light intensity, transparency, biogenic load) in Tatar Strait was assessed based on mean annual data from literary sources and with the use of GIS “Sakhalin Shelf.” The entire strait was divided into three regions (northern, southwestern, and southeastern), and water exchange between them for each month was estimated by using Bergen Oceanic Model. The information about the state of the marine environment and water exchange characteristics was used as input data for a hydroecological model, which enabled the assessment of annual variations of biogenic substance concentrations and biomasses of microorganisms (heterotrophic bacteria, three groups of phytoplankton, and two groups of zooplankton) in the strait regions chosen. The development conditions of microorganism biomasses within the year can be characterized by their activity indices (specific growth rates), the values of internal fluxes of biogenic substances, and calculated bioproductivity values. The calculated biogenic substance concentrations and phytoplankton bioproductivity values showed good agreement with the estimates for the Sea of Japan and Tatar Strait available from the literature.

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Leonov, V.M. Pishchal’nik, O.V. Chicherina, 2010, published in Vodnye Resursy, 2010, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 35–59.

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Leonov, A.V., Pishchal’nik, V.M. & Chicherina, O.V. Transformations of biogenic substances in Tatar Strait water (the Sea of Japan): Analysis of mathematical modeling results. Water Resour 37, 33–57 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807810010033

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