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Controls of the surface water partial pressure of CO2 in the North Sea
Thomas, H.; Bozec, Y.; de Baar, Hein J. W. et al.
2005In Biogeosciences, 2 (4), p. 323-334
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Abstract :
[en] The seasonal variability of the partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) has been investigated in the North Sea, a northwest European shelf sea. Based on a seasonal and high spatial resolution data set the main controlling factors – biological processes and temperature - have been identified and quantified. In the central and northern parts being a CO2- sink all year round, the biological control dominates the temperature control. In the southern part, the temperature control dominates the biological control at an annual scale, since the shallow water column prevents stronger net-CO2 removal from the surface layer due to the absence of seasonal stratification. The consequence is a reversal of the CO2 seato- air flux during the spring bloom period, the only time, when CO2 is taken up from the atmosphere in the southern region. Net community production in the mixed layer has been estimated to 4mol Cm−2 yr−1 with higher values (4.3 mol Cm−2 yr−1) in the northern part and lower values in the southern part (2.6 mol Cm−2 yr−1).
Disciplines :
Aquatic sciences & oceanology
Author, co-author :
Thomas, H.;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Océanographie chimique
Bozec, Y.
de Baar, Hein J. W.
Borges, Alberto  
Schiettecatte, L. S.
Language :
English
Title :
Controls of the surface water partial pressure of CO2 in the North Sea
Publication date :
2005
Journal title :
Biogeosciences
ISSN :
1726-4170
eISSN :
1726-4189
Publisher :
European Geosciences Union, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
Volume :
2
Issue :
4
Pages :
323-334
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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