Arctic ocean shelf-basin interaction: An active continental shelf CO2 pump and its impact on the degree of calcium carbonate solubility

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 869-879

  Anderson, L G ^a   Tanhua, T ^b   Bjork G ^a   Hjalmarsson, S ^a   Jones, E P ^c   Jutterstrom S ^a   Rudels, B ^d   Swift, J ^e   Wahlstom I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Continental shelf pump; Marine carbon system

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CARBON; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC CO; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; CANADA BASIN; CARBON SYSTEMS; CHUKCHI SEA; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF PUMP; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DECAY PRODUCTS; DEEP BASIN; DEPTH RANGE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; EAST-SIBERIAN SEAS; EXPONENTIAL INCREASE; LOW DEGREE; MEAN AGES; MICROBIAL LOOP; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; RIVER DISCHARGE; SATURATED SURFACES; SEA ICE FORMATIONS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TRANSIT-TIME DISTRIBUTIONS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CALCIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PUMPS; SEA ICE;

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARAGONITE; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; BRINE; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SHELF; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; MELTING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT; OCEAN BASIN; PH; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY; SATURATION; SEA ICE; SOLUBILITY; WATER DEPTH;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA BASIN; CHUKCHI SEA; SIBERIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954886795     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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