Ocean Biogeochemistry

The Role of the Ocean Carbon Cycle in Global Change

Micahel J. R. Fasham

316 pages, parution le 17/04/2003

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Résumé

Oceans account for 50% of the anthropogenic CO2 released into the atmosphere. During the past 15 years an international programme, the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS), has been studying the ocean carbon cycle to quantify and model the biological and physical processes whereby CO2 is pumped from the ocean's surface to the depths of the ocean, where it can remain for hundreds of years.
This project is one of the largest multi-disciplinary studies of the oceans ever carried out and this book synthesises the results.
It covers all aspects of the topic ranging from air-sea exchange with CO2, the role of physical mixing, the uptake of CO2 by marine algae, the fluxes of carbon and nitrogen through the marine food chain to the subsequent export of carbon to the depths of the ocean.
Special emphasis is laid on predicting future climatic change.

Keywords: Global change, IGBP, Ocean biogeochemistry, Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS), Ocean carbon cycle, Carbon dioxide, Climate change, Ocean Food Webs, Biogeochemical Cycles

Contents

Introduction
Biogeochemical Provinces: Towards a JGOFS Synthesis
Physical Transport of Nutrients and the Maintenance of Biological Production
Continental Margin Exchanges
Phytoplankton and their Role in Primary, New and Export Production
Carbon Dioxide Fluxes in the Global Ocean
Water Column Biogeochemistry below the Euphotic Zone
The Impact of Climate Change and Feedback Processes on the Ocean Carbon Cycle
Benthic Processes and the Burial of Carbon
Global Ocean Carbon Cycle Modeling
Temporal Studies of Biogeochemical Processes Determined from Ocean Time-Series Observations during the JGOFS Era
JGOFS: A Retrospective View

Index

L'auteur - Micahel J. R. Fasham

Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK (Ed.)

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Springer
Auteur(s)	Micahel J. R. Fasham
Parution	17/04/2003
Nb. de pages	316
Format	19,5 x 27,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	1019g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9783540423980