Fig. 2: Schematic of Southern Ocean oxygen cycling. | Nature Geoscience

Fig. 2: Schematic of Southern Ocean oxygen cycling.

From: Recovery from microplastic-induced marine deoxygenation may take centuries

Fig. 2

Schematic illustrates the slow recovery of the microplastic-induced oxygen deficit in the basin. Green arrows are biogenic oxygen flux, black arrows are solubility-driven oxygen fluxes, plus sign indicates an oxygen gain, minus sign indicates an oxygen deficit loss, green blobs represent phytoplankton and resulting organic detritus. Tailess arrows indicate the average direction of overturning circulation.

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