There are three central oceanic regions which are considered to be Oxygen Minimum Zones (OMZ), namely the Eastern Tropical North Pacific (ETNP), the Eastern Tropical South Pacific (ETSP) and the Arabian Sea, within which the activity of anaerobic microorganisms is highly significant ( Paulmier and Ruiz-Pino, 2009 ; Thamdrup, 2012 ).
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