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| Fontela, Marcos; Perez, Fiz F; Carracedo, Lidia; Padín, Xosé A.; Velo, Antón; García-ibañez, Maribel I.; Lherminier, Pascale. |
| The oceanic uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by human activities alters the seawater carbonate system. Here, the chemical status of the Northeast Atlantic is examined by means of a high-quality database of carbon variables based on the GO-SHIP A25 section (1997–2018). The increase of atmospheric CO2 leads to an increase in ocean anthropogenic carbon (Cant) and a decrease in carbonate that is unequivocal in the upper and mid-layers (0–2,500 m depth). In the mid-layer, the carbonate content in the Northeast Atlantic is maintained by the interplay between the northward spreading of recently conveyed Mediterranean Water with excess of carbonate and the arrival of subpolar-origin waters close to carbonate undersaturation. In this study we show... |
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| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00646/75822/76790.pdf |
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| García-ibáñez, Maribel I.; Bates, Nicholas R.; Bakker, Dorothee C.e.; Fontela, Marcos; Velo, Antón. |
| The net uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere is changing the ocean's chemical state. Such changes, commonly known as ocean acidification, include a reduction in pH and the carbonate ion concentration ([CO32−]), which in turn lowers oceanic saturation states (Ω) for calcium carbonate (CaCO3) minerals. The Ω values for aragonite (Ωaragonite; one of the main CaCO3 minerals formed by marine calcifying organisms) influence the calcification rate and geographic distribution of cold-water corals (CWCs), important for biodiversity. Here, high-quality measurements, collected on thirteen cruises along the same track during 1991–2018, are used to determine the long-term changes in Ωaragonite in the Irminger and Iceland Basins of the North Atlantic... |
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Palavras-chave: Ocean acidification; Aragonite saturation state; Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation; Eastern-Subpolar North Atlantic Ocean. |
| Ano: 2021 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00688/79965/82895.pdf |
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