Ocean acidificationedited by Jean-Pierre Gattuso, Lina Hansson.

Ocean acidificationedited by Jean-Pierre Gattuso, Lina Hansson. - Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource (xix, 326 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Foreword / Ocean acidification : background and history / Past changes in ocean carbonate chemistry / Recent and future changes in ocean carbonate chemistry / Skeletons and ocean chemistry : the long view / Effects of ocean acidification on the diversity and activity of heterotrophic marine microorganisms / Effects of ocean acidification on pelagic organisms and ecosystems / Effects of ocean acidification on benthic processes, organisms, and ecosystems / Effects of ocean acidification on nektonic organisms / Effects of ocean acidification on sediment fauna / Effects of ocean acidification on marine biodiversity and ecosystem function / Effects of ocean acidification on the marine source of atmospherically active trace gases / Biogeochemical consequences of ocean acidification and feedbacks to the earth system / The ocean acidification challenges facing science and society / Impact of climate change mitigation on ocean acidification projections / Ocean acidification : knowns, unknowns, and perspectives / Wallace S. Broecker -- Jean-Pierre Gattuso and Lina Hansson -- Richard E. Zeebe and Andy Ridgwell -- James C. Orr -- Andrew H. Knoll and Woodward W. Fischer -- Markus G. Weinbauer, Xavier Mari, and Jean-Pierre Gattuso -- Ulf Riebesell and Philippe D. Tortell -- Andreas J. Andersson, Fred T. Mackenzie, and Jean-Pierre Gattuso -- Hans-O. Pörtner ... [and others -- Stephen Widdicombe, John I. Spicer, and Vassilis Kitidis -- James P. Barry, Stephen Widdicombe, and Jason M. Hall-Spencer -- Frances Hopkins, Philip Nightingale, and Peter Lies -- Marion Gehlen ... [and others -- Carol Turley and Kelvin Boot -- Fortunat Joos ... [and others -- Jean-Pierre Gattuso ... [and others.

The ocean helps moderate climate change thanks to its considerable capacity to store CO₂, through the combined actions of ocean physics, chemistry, and biology. This storage capacity limits the amount of human-released CO₂ remaining in the atmosphere. As CO₂ reacts with seawater, it generates dramatic changes in carbonate chemistry, including decreases in pH and carbonate ions and an increase in bicarbonate ions. The consequences of this overall process, known as "ocean acidification", are raising concerns for the biological, ecological, and biogeochemical health of the world's oceans, as well as for the potential societal implications. This research level text is the first to synthesize the very latest understanding of the consequences of ocean acidification, with the intention of informing both future research agendas and marine management policy.



9780191501784


Ocean acidification.


Electronic Books.

TD427 / .O243 2011