In addition to being one of the most productive upwelling systems, the oceanic region off Peru is embedded in one of the most extensive oxygen minimum zones (OMZs) of the world ocean. The dynamics of the OMZ off Peru remain uncertain, partly due to the scarcity of data and to the ubiquitous role of mesoscale activity on the circulation and biogeochemistry. Here we use a high-resolution coupled physical/biogeochemical model simulation to investigate the seasonal variability of the OMZ off Peru. The focus is on characterizing the seasonal cycle in dissolved O₂ (DO) eddy flux at the OMZ boundaries, including the coastal domain, viewed here as the eastern boundary of the OMZ, considering that the mean DO eddy flux in these zones has a significant contribution to the total DO flux. The results indicate that the seasonal variations of the OMZ can be interpreted as resulting from the seasonal...

This paper will discuss the role the industrial archaeologist needs to address contemporary heritage issues from a very specific theoretical and methodological paradigm: industrial archaeology or, more specifically, its evolution, contemporary archaeology. The world of the second half of the twentieth and twenty-first century requires from the Industrial archaeologist tools and methodologies that join and expand those already used with the heritage of the industrial revolution. This is a very favorable time to regenerate this scientific discipline.

The fate of the organic matter (OM) produced by marine life controls the major biogeochemical cycles of the Earth's system. The OM produced through photosynthesis is either preserved, exported towards sediments or degraded through remineralisation in the water column. The productive eastern boundary upwelling systems (EBUSs) associated with oxygen minimum zones (OMZs) would be expected to foster OM preservation due to low O₂ conditions. But their intense and diverse microbial activity should enhance OM degradation. To investigate this contradiction, sediment traps were deployed near the oxycline and in the OMZ core on an instrumented moored line off Peru. Data provided high-temporal-resolution O₂ series characterising two seasonal steady states at the upper trap: suboxic ([O₂] < 25µmolkg−1) and hypoxic–oxic (15 < [O₂] < 160µmolkg−1) in austral summer and winte...