A new direction in effective accounting for the atmospheric CO2 budget: Considering the combined action of carbonate dissolution, the global water cycle and photosynthetic uptake of DIC by aquatic organisms

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 162-172

  Liu, Zaihua ^a,b   Dreybrodt, Wolfgang ^c   Wang, Haijing ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aquatic photosynthesis; Atmospheric CO2 sink; Carbonate dissolution; Element fertilization; Global water cycle; Organic matter storage burial

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AQUATIC ORGANISM; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GLOBAL WARMING; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

EID: 77952551033     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.03.001     Document Type: Review

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