Keywords:
Biogeochemistry--Baltic Sea.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (119 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783319616995
Series Statement:
Springer Oceanography Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=4930064
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 History of CO2 System Research in the Baltic Sea -- 1.2 Objectives of This Book -- References -- 2 The Marine CO2 System and Its Peculiarities in the Baltic Sea -- 2.1 Atmospheric CO2 Over the Baltic Sea -- 2.2 Aqueous Equilibrium Chemistry of CO2 -- 2.3 Measurable Variables of the Marine CO2 System -- 2.3.1 CO2 Equilibrium Fugacity and Partial Pressure -- 2.3.2 Total CO2 and pH -- 2.3.3 Alkalinity -- 2.3.4 Physico-Chemical Properties of the Master Variables -- 2.4 CO2 Air-Sea Gas Exchange -- References -- 3 The Main Hydrographic Characteristics of the Baltic Sea -- 3.1 Water Budget and Estuarine Circulation -- 3.2 Seasonality of the Stratification -- 3.3 Stagnation and Inflow Events -- References -- 4 The Database -- 4.1 Studies of the Surface Water CO2 System -- 4.2 Investigations of the Deep Water CO2 Accumulation -- References -- 5 Surface Water Biogeochemistry as Derived from pCO2 Observations -- 5.1 Seasonal and Regional Patterns of pCO2 and CT -- 5.1.1 Characteristics of the pCO2 Time Series -- 5.1.2 Long-Term Changes in pCO2 -- 5.1.3 The Seasonal Fine Structure of the pCO2 -- 5.1.4 From pCO2 Measurements to Total CO2 Data -- 5.2 A Walk Through the Seasons -- 5.2.1 Timing of the Spring Bloom and the Role of Solar Radiation -- 5.2.2 Quantification of Spring Bloom Productivity -- 5.2.3 Nitrogen Supply for the Spring Bloom -- 5.2.4 Net Community Production and Nutrient Consumption -- 5.2.5 The "Blue Water" Period -- 5.2.6 Control of Mid-Summer Net Community Production and N-fixation -- 5.2.7 Estimation of Depth-Integrated N-fixation -- 5.2.8 Autumn Mixing and Upwelling: The Occurrence of a Last Bloom Event -- 5.2.9 Annual CT* Cycling Presented as CT* Versus SST Diagrams -- References.
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6 Organic Matter Mineralization as Reflected in Deep-Water CT Accumulation -- 6.1 Total CO2 Dynamics During Periods of Stagnation and Water Renewal -- 6.2 Organic Matter Mineralization Rates Derived from CT Mass-Balance Calculations -- 6.3 Release and Transformations of Nutrients During OM Mineralization -- References -- 7 Progress Made by Investigations of the CO2 System and Open Questions -- Index.
