Apparent oxygen utilization (AOU) is an important concept in oceanography and marine science that describes the difference between the amount of oxygen that is expected to be present in seawater (based on thermodynamic equilibrium with the atmosphere) and the actual amount of dissolved oxygen measured in the water. It is essentially a measure of how much oxygen has been consumed by biological processes, particularly the respiration of marine organisms.
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