Ocean Biogeochemistry : the Role of the Ocean Carbon Cycle in Global Change /
Oceans account for 50% of the anthropogenic CO2 released into the atmosphere. During the past 15 years an international programme, the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS), has been studying the ocean carbon cycle to quantify and model the biological and physical processes whereby CO2 is pumped fro...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
2003.
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| Series: | Global Change - The IGBP Series (closed)
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Oceans account for 50% of the anthropogenic CO2 released into the atmosphere. During the past 15 years an international programme, the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS), has been studying the ocean carbon cycle to quantify and model the biological and physical processes whereby CO2 is pumped from the ocean's surface to the depths of the ocean, where it can remain for hundreds of years. This project is one of the largest multi-disciplinary studies of the oceans ever carried out and this book synthesises the results. It covers all aspects of the topic ranging from air-sea exchange with CO2, the role of physical mixing, the uptake of CO2 by marine algae, the fluxes of carbon and nitrogen through the marine food chain to the subsequent export of carbon to the depths of the ocean. Special emphasis is laid on predicting future climatic change. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 297 pages 130 illustrations, 41 illustrations in color.) |
| ISBN: | 9783642558443 (electronic bk.) 3642558445 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 1619-2435 |