Dissolved organic matter in the sea 



13 



o lo 20 



O 5 



o 10 20 



O S O 



O 10 20 T 



OM 



500 



1000 



I500 



2000- 



2500 



3000- 



3500 



Fig. 1 . Vertical distribution of dissolved organic carbon at two stations off the California coast 



(1 10.70 and 93.61) and two in the north-western Pacific (T-P 54 and T-P 99). Curves show carbon in 



mg/L (C), temperature ° C (T) and dissolved oxygen ml/L (O). 



Table I. — Vertical distribution of dissolved organic carbon 



