Water Column Dissolution of Aragonite in the Pacific Ocean

Authors

Robert H. Byrne, University of South FloridaFollow
James G. Acker, University of South Florida
Peter R. Betzer, University of South Florida
Richard A. Feely, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle
Marion H. Cates, Honeywell Inc., St Petersburg

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1984

Keywords

Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary, Science, multidisciplinary

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1038/312321a0

Abstract

Pelagic pteropods are an important component of the oceanic CO₂ system. Their shells appear to be a principal source of excess alkalinity in the upper water column of the North Pacific Ocean. Dissolution of aragonite must therefore be taken account of in generating models of the oceanic CO₂ system and is also an important cause of sample loss from long-term sediment traps deployed in undersaturated seawater.

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Yes

Citation / Publisher Attribution

Nature, v. 312, p. 321-326

Scholar Commons Citation

Byrne, Robert H.; Acker, James G.; Betzer, Peter R.; Feely, Richard A.; and Cates, Marion H., "Water Column Dissolution of Aragonite in the Pacific Ocean" (1984). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 1669.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/1669