Arctic ocean acidification: pelagic ecosystem and biogeochemical responses during a mesocosm study
The growing evidence of potential biological impacts of ocean acidification affirms that this global change phenomenon may pose a serious threat to marine organisms and ecosystems. Whilst ocean acidification will occur everywhere, it will happen more rapidly in some regions than in others. Due to th...
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ftunivutrecht:oai:dspace.library.uu.nl:1874/288971 2023-07-23T04:16:53+02:00 Arctic ocean acidification: pelagic ecosystem and biogeochemical responses during a mesocosm study Riebesell, U. Gattuso, J.-P. Thingstad, T.F. Middelburg, J.J. 2013 image/pdf https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/288971 en eng 1726-4170 https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/288971 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess Aardwetenschappen Article 2013 ftunivutrecht 2023-07-02T00:50:17Z The growing evidence of potential biological impacts of ocean acidification affirms that this global change phenomenon may pose a serious threat to marine organisms and ecosystems. Whilst ocean acidification will occur everywhere, it will happen more rapidly in some regions than in others. Due to the high CO2 solubility in the cold surface waters of high-latitude seas, these areas are expected to experience the strongest changes in seawater chemistry due to ocean acidification. This will be most pronounced in the Arctic Ocean. If atmospheric pCO2 levels continue to rise at current rates, about 10% of the Arctic surface waters will be corrosive for aragonite by 2018 (Steinacher et al., 2009). By 2050 one-half of the Arctic Ocean will be sub-saturated with respect to aragonite. By the end of this century corrosive conditions are projected to have spread over the entire Arctic Ocean (Steinacher et al., 2009). In view of these rapid changes in seawater chemistry, marine organisms and ecosystems in the Arctic are considered particularly vulnerable to ocean acidification. With this in mind, the European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA) chose the Arctic Ocean as one of its focal areas of research. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Ocean Arctic Ocean Acidification Ocean acidification Utrecht University Repository Arctic Arctic Ocean |
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The growing evidence of potential biological impacts of ocean acidification affirms that this global change phenomenon may pose a serious threat to marine organisms and ecosystems. Whilst ocean acidification will occur everywhere, it will happen more rapidly in some regions than in others. Due to the high CO2 solubility in the cold surface waters of high-latitude seas, these areas are expected to experience the strongest changes in seawater chemistry due to ocean acidification. This will be most pronounced in the Arctic Ocean. If atmospheric pCO2 levels continue to rise at current rates, about 10% of the Arctic surface waters will be corrosive for aragonite by 2018 (Steinacher et al., 2009). By 2050 one-half of the Arctic Ocean will be sub-saturated with respect to aragonite. By the end of this century corrosive conditions are projected to have spread over the entire Arctic Ocean (Steinacher et al., 2009). In view of these rapid changes in seawater chemistry, marine organisms and ecosystems in the Arctic are considered particularly vulnerable to ocean acidification. With this in mind, the European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA) chose the Arctic Ocean as one of its focal areas of research. |
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Arctic ocean acidification: pelagic ecosystem and biogeochemical responses during a mesocosm study |
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