Fig. 6
From: Mathematical model of oxygen minimum zones in the vertical distribution of oxygen in the ocean
The structure of the water column (in dimensionless units) obtained for different values of the oxygen decay rate \(\gamma\), which is a proxi for water turbidity. The yellow bars show well oxygenated water at the top part of the column (where the position of the lower end of the bars is obtained analytically from Eq. (3.7)). Blue and red dots (obtained numerically for \(c_{min}=0.01\), see (3.5)) show, respectively, the top (\(z^T\)) and bottom (\(z^B\)) boundaries of the OMZ. Apparently, the size of the OMZ grows with water turbidity.
