Recent deoxygenation of Patagonian fjord subsurface waters connected to the Peru–Chile undercurrent and equatorial subsurface water variability

P Linford, I Pérez‐Santos, I Montes… - Global …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In recent decades, global dissolved oxygen (DO) measurements have registered a decrease
of∼ 1%–2% in oxygen content, raising concerns regarding the negative impacts of ocean …

[HTML][HTML] The intensification of coastal hypoxia off central Chile: Long term and high frequency variability

L De La Maza, L Farías - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Hypoxia is a phenomenon where dissolved oxygen (DO) is reduced to levels that are low
enough to strongly affect ecological and biogeochemical processes. This occurs within the …

Strong habitat compression by extreme shoaling events of hypoxic waters in the Eastern Pacific

EE Koehn, M Münnich, M Vogt… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ocean deoxygenation has led to a measurable shoaling of subsurface hypoxic waters ([O2]<
60 mmol m− 3) in the tropical Pacific and elsewhere. This shoaling compresses the vertical …

Understanding the impact of climate change on the oceanic circulation in the Chilean island ecoregions

B Dewitte, C Conejero, M Ramos… - Aquatic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The largest changes in the circulation of the South‐eastern Pacific resulting from global
warming are associated with the southward shift and intensification of the anticyclone and …

[HTML][HTML] Emergent constraint on oxygenation of the upper South Eastern Pacific oxygen minimum zone in the twenty-first century

I Almendra, B Dewitte, V Garçon, P Muñoz… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
As a consequence of on-going global warming, the ocean is losing oxygen, which has
implications not only in terms of marine resources management and food supply but also in …

Oxygen minimum zone variability during the last 700 years in a coastal upwelling area of the Humboldt system (Mejillones, 23° S, Chile). A new approach from …

J Valdés, A Sifeddine, M Guiñez, A Castillo - Progress in Oceanography, 2021 - Elsevier
Mejillones bay presents a permanent and shallow OMZ, whose upper boundary fluctuates
between 30 m and 60 m water depth during a normal year. Under this condition, the bottom …

[HTML][HTML] ENSO diversity driving low-frequency change in mesoscale activity off Peru and Chile

C Conejero, B Dewitte, V Garçon, J Sudre, I Montes - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Transient mesoscale oceanic eddies in Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems are thought to
strongly affect key regional scale processes such as ocean heat transport, coastal upwelling …

[HTML][HTML] Mathematical model of oxygen minimum zones in the vertical distribution of oxygen in the ocean

Y Alhassan, I Siekmann, S Petrovskii - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Processes determining the amount and spatial distribution of dissolved oxygen in the ocean
have been a focus of intense research over the last two decades. Anomalies known as …

Mesoscale variability in the boundaries of the oxygen minimum zone in the eastern south Pacific: Influence of intrathermocline eddies

PA Auger, JP Bento, S Hormazabal… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The vertical variability in the oxygen minimum zone (OMZ) in the eastern South Pacific (ESP;
0–40° S) is characterized by the influence of anticyclonic intrathermocline eddies (ITEs) …

[HTML][HTML] Evidences and drivers of ocean deoxygenation off Peru over recent past decades

D Espinoza-Morriberón, V Echevin, D Gutiérrez… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Deoxygenation is a major threat to the coastal ocean health as it impacts marine life and key
biogeochemical cycles. Understanding its drivers is crucial in the thriving and highly …