(Table 1) Adenosine triphosphate, urea, dissolved organic carbon, nitrogen and methane concentrations in bottom water of the northwestern Indian Ocean

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Concentrations of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), urea, and dissolved organic carbon in bottom water are shown to be considerable, sometimes several times higher than in the photic and surface layers of the ocean. Urea and ATP concentrations are inversely proportional. Identified biochemical characteristics of bottom water are of great importance in determining the status of the aquatic environment. The highest life activity (maximum ATP content) in bottom water appeared in the vicinity of faults in rift zones of the ocean, where high gas concentrations were also found. Population of chemoautotrophic microorganisms was clearly present under these conditions. Biochemical investigations provide additional criteria for identifying oil and gas prospects. They are also of definite interest in combination with gasometric determinations, which will undoubtedly give us deeper understanding of processes of formation of oil and gas and will help in finding them.

Supplement to: Avilova, Svetlana D (1984): Some biochemical characteristics of bottom water of the northwestern Indian Ocean. Oceanology, 24(3), 349-351

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.755658
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.755658
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Creator Avilova, Svetlana D
Publisher PANGAEA
Contributor P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Publication Year 1984
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Language English
Resource Type Supplementary Dataset; Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 100 data points
Discipline Chemistry; Natural Sciences
Spatial Coverage (38.052W, -16.910S, 67.440E, 29.090N); Red Sea; Indian Ocean; Persian Gulf; Gulf of Oman