River to Reef: What is controlling coastal carbonate chemistry in a tropical marine environment? ...
<!--!introduction!--> The coastal ocean, the interface between the land and sea is a key environment for the biogeochemical cycling of carbon, yet these heterogeneous environments are historically under sampled. It is now becoming apparent that anthropogenic CO 2 induced ocean acidification is...
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GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
2023
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.57757/iugg23-3303 https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5019697 |
| Summary: | <!--!introduction!--> The coastal ocean, the interface between the land and sea is a key environment for the biogeochemical cycling of carbon, yet these heterogeneous environments are historically under sampled. It is now becoming apparent that anthropogenic CO 2 induced ocean acidification is an open ocean syndrome and that ocean acidification in the coastal environments is far more complex. In the coastal ocean several processes will drive CO 2 trends, such as seawater temperature, biological processes, residence time and air to sea gas exchange. We investigate the distribution and fate of inorganic carbon in a tropical coastal environment, influenced by riverine discharge and local marine habitats – coral reefs, seagrass beds and mangroves. The Belize River, which drains the largest catchment in Belize, discharges just north of Belize City and is a source of high pCO 2 (>2000 µatm) water to the coastal environment. We investigate the process that occur once this low pH (<7.6) water enters the ... : The 28th IUGG General Assembly (IUGG2023) (Berlin 2023) ... |
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