The carbon budget of the North Sea - Archive ouverte HAL Accéder directement au contenu
Article Dans Une Revue Biogeosciences Année : 2005

The carbon budget of the North Sea

Résumé

A carbon budget has been established for the North Sea, a shelf sea on the NW European continental shelf. The carbon exchange fluxes with the North Atlantic Ocean dominate the gross carbon budget. The net carbon budget ? more relevant to the issue of the contribution of the coastal ocean to the marine carbon cycle ? is dominated by the carbon inputs from rivers, the Baltic Sea and the atmosphere. The North Sea acts as a sink for organic carbon and thus can be characterised as a heterotrophic system. The dominant carbon sink is the final export to the North Atlantic Ocean. More than 90% of the CO2 taken up from the atmosphere is exported to the North Atlantic Ocean making the North Sea a highly efficient continental shelf pump for carbon.
Fichier principal
Vignette du fichier
bg-2-87-2005.pdf (10.33 Mo) Télécharger le fichier
Origine : Accord explicite pour ce dépôt

Dates et versions

hal-00297513 , version 1 (18-06-2008)

Identifiants

  • HAL Id : hal-00297513 , version 1

Citer

H. Thomas, Yves Bozec, H. J. W. de Baar, K. Elkalay, M. Frankignoulle, et al.. The carbon budget of the North Sea. Biogeosciences, 2005, 2 (1), pp.87-96. ⟨hal-00297513⟩

Collections

INSU EGU
202 Consultations
119 Téléchargements

Partager

Gmail Facebook X LinkedIn More