2004 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Elements of Carbon Balance and Cycling in the Arctic Seas of Russia
Authors : Dr. Alexander A. Vetrov, Prof. Evgenii A. Romankevich
Published in: Carbon Cycle in the Russian Arctic Seas
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Included in: Professional Book Archive
Activate our intelligent search to find suitable subject content or patents.
Select sections of text to find matching patents with Artificial Intelligence. powered by
Select sections of text to find additional relevant content using AI-assisted search. powered by
In this chapter, we assess the parameters of the organic and carbonate carbon cycles in the system, namely primary photosynthetic production, carbon supply from land, exchange with adjacent basins, decomposition to CO2 in the water column and on the floor surface, and its burial in the bottom sediments. These parameters represent the fluxes of the organic carbon participating in the cycle, its masses removed from the cycling, and the equivalent amount of O2 released into the atmosphere. The estimates are mainly based on the analysis of the data presented in the previous chapters (Figs. 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3).