title: Field of the Colored Dissolved Organic Matter Concentration in the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait Waters Based on Optical Observations
abstract: The notions on the sources and structure of the colored dissolved organic matter concentration field in the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait waters are first obtained on the basis of the results of several expeditions carried out by the scientists of Marine Hydrophysical Institute. It is shown that in the Sea of Azov the main natural source of this substance is related to the river runoff, particularly significant for the northern and eastern coasts; in the Kerch Strait -with the Black Sea subsu
journal: Physical Oceanography