Oceans and the Atmospheric Carbon Content

By Pedro Duarte

Book Overview

Introduction.- 1 Climate variability in the north-western Iberian Peninsula during the last deglaciation.- 2 Impact of Oporto Metropolitan Area carbon dioxide emissions over the adjacent coastal zone.- 3 Present day carbon dioxide fluxes in the coastal ocean and possible feedbacks under global change.- 4 Aspects of phytoplankton communities response to climate changes.- 5 pH decrease and effects on the chemistry of seawater .- 6 Effects of sediment acidification on the bioaccumulation of Zn in R. Philippinarum.- 7 Contaminant cycling under climate change: Evidences and scenarios.- 8 The use of weight of evidence for environmental quality assessment in sediments above sub-seabed geological formations for the storage of carbon dioxide.- Conclusions.- Index

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048198208
• ISBN13: 9789048198207
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"