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4. Abiotic Variables of the Marine and Estuarine Ecosystems

Authors : Abhijit Mitra, Sufia Zaman

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Publisher: Springer India

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Abstract

Aquatic phase of the marine and estuarine ecosystems is an ideal solvent, and because of this reason seawater is a well-mixed solution of several salts and gases. The churning of seawater due to wave, currents and tidal actions accelerates the process of solubility of substances in the solvent. It is mainly because of thorough mixing the ionic composition of the major ions of the seawater (except bicarbonate and fluoride) exhibits uniform spatial variation, i.e. the composition is almost the same from place to place as well as from depth to depth. Thus, the ratio of one major ion to the other remains almost constant.

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Title: Abiotic Variables of the Marine and Estuarine Ecosystems
Authors: Abhijit Mitra
Sufia Zaman
Publisher: Springer India
Book: Basics of Marine and Estuarine Ecology
Print ISBN: 978-81-322-2705-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-81-322-2707-6

Copyright Year: 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2707-6_4