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IN applying the eddy diffusion equation to the non-conservative properties of sea water (as distinguished from the conservative properties, the concentrations of which change only as a result of physical processes) a knowledge of the time rates of change in their concentrations (as a result of the biological activity in the water mass) is required. Thus, the form of the equation expressing the effect of vertical turbulence alone on a non-conservative property, such as oxygen, would be:
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SEIWELL, H. Use of Non-Conservative Properties of Sea Water to Physical Oceanographical Problems*. Nature 142, 164–165 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142164b0
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