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Ocean acidificationedited by Jean-Pierre Gattuso, Lina Hansson.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, (c)2011.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 326 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780191501784
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • TD427 .O243 2011
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Wallace S. Broecker -- Ocean acidification : background and history / Jean-Pierre Gattuso and Lina Hansson -- Past changes in ocean carbonate chemistry / Richard E. Zeebe and Andy Ridgwell -- Recent and future changes in ocean carbonate chemistry / James C. Orr -- Skeletons and ocean chemistry : the long view / Andrew H. Knoll and Woodward W. Fischer -- Effects of ocean acidification on the diversity and activity of heterotrophic marine microorganisms / Markus G. Weinbauer, Xavier Mari, and Jean-Pierre Gattuso -- Effects of ocean acidification on pelagic organisms and ecosystems / Ulf Riebesell and Philippe D. Tortell -- Effects of ocean acidification on benthic processes, organisms, and ecosystems / Andreas J. Andersson, Fred T. Mackenzie, and Jean-Pierre Gattuso -- Effects of ocean acidification on nektonic organisms / Hans-O. Pörtner ... [and others -- Effects of ocean acidification on sediment fauna / Stephen Widdicombe, John I. Spicer, and Vassilis Kitidis -- Effects of ocean acidification on marine biodiversity and ecosystem function / James P. Barry, Stephen Widdicombe, and Jason M. Hall-Spencer -- Effects of ocean acidification on the marine source of atmospherically active trace gases / Frances Hopkins, Philip Nightingale, and Peter Lies -- Biogeochemical consequences of ocean acidification and feedbacks to the earth system / Marion Gehlen ... [and others -- The ocean acidification challenges facing science and society / Carol Turley and Kelvin Boot -- Impact of climate change mitigation on ocean acidification projections / Fortunat Joos ... [and others -- Ocean acidification : knowns, unknowns, and perspectives / Jean-Pierre Gattuso ... [and others.
Subject: 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.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

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

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