EPOCA 2010 mesocosm CO2 enrichment experiment in Arctic waters

• Main Authors: Riebesell, Ulf, von Bröckel, Klaus, Büdenbender, Jan, Czerny, Jan, Fischer, Matthias, Hoffmann, Detlef, Krug, Sebastian, Lentz, Uwe, Ludwig, Andrea, Muche, Ronald
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Esperanza; Kongsfjord; North Pole; Kongsfjord*; Ocean acidification; Phytoplankton; Zooplankton; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/12326/

Due to its naturally low carbonate saturation states the Arctic Ocean is considered particularly vulnerable to ocean acidification. If CO2 emissions continue to rise at current rates, half of the Arctic Ocean will be undersaturated with respect to calcium carbonate and, therefore, corrosive for calc...