The exchange of inorganic carbon on the Canadian Beaufort Shelf

• Main Author: Mol, Jacoba
• Other Authors: Department of Oceanography, Master of Science, Jonathan Grant, Dan Kelley, Markus Kienast, Tim Papakyriakou, Helmuth Thomas, Not Applicable
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Beaufort Shelf; Mackenzie River; Pacific; Beaufort Sea; Mackenzie river; Mackenzie Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/72992

The Mackenzie Shelf in the southeastern Beaufort Sea is a region that has experienced large changes in the past several decades as warming, sea-ice loss, and increased river discharge have altered carbon cycling. Upwelling and downwelling events are common on the shelf, caused by strong, fluctuating...