Alkalinity, the excess of proton acceptors over donors, plays a major role in ocean chemistry,
in buffering and in calcium carbonate precipitation and dissolution. Understanding alkalinity …

A literature review on the effects of high ammonium concentrations on the growth of 6
classes of microalgae suggests the following rankings. Mean optimal ammonium …

Climatological mean monthly distributions of pH in the total H+ scale, total CO 2
concentration (TCO 2), and the degree of CaCO 3 saturation for the global surface ocean …

Pore water profiles of total-CO 2, pH, PO 3− 4, NO− 3 plus NO− 2, SO 2− 4, S 2−, Fe 2+ and
Mn 2+ have been obtained in cores from pelagic sediments of the eastern equatorial Atlantic …

Carbon dioxide is the most important greenhouse gas after water vapor in the atmosphere of
the earth. More than 98% of the carbon of the atmosphere-ocean system is stored in the …

During the 1990s, ocean sampling expeditions were carried out as part of the World Ocean
Circulation Experiment (WOCE), the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS), and the Ocean …

The reliable and efficient production of microalgae in large-scale commercial culture,
whether in open ponds or in closed photobioreactors, requires a good understanding of the …

We demonstrate a contlnuoui decrease in the taxonomic dlstlnctness of a marlne
assemblage along a gradient of Increasing env~ ronmental contamination, In a situat~ on …

Multiple natural and anthropogenic processes alter the carbonate chemistry of the coastal
zone in ways that either exacerbate or mitigate ocean acidification effects. Freshwater inputs …

Total alkalinity (TA) is one of the few measurable quantities that can be used together with
other quantities to calculate concentrations of species of the carbonate system (CO2 …