Summertime calcium carbonate undersaturation in shelf waters of the western Arctic Ocean – how biological processes exacerbate the impact of ocean acidification
The Arctic Ocean accounts for only 4% of the global ocean area, but it contributes significantly to the global carbon cycle. Recent observations of seawater CO<sub>2</sub>-carbonate chemistry in shelf waters of the western Arctic Ocean, primarily in the Chukchi Sea, from 2009 to 2011 ind...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2013-08-01
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| Series: | Biogeosciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/10/5281/2013/bg-10-5281-2013.pdf |