Stein / Macdonald The Organic Carbon Cycle in the Arctic Ocean

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-3-642-18912-8
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 363 Seiten, eBook

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stein, Rüdiger

Macdonald, Robie W.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 The Arctic Ocean: Boundary Conditions and Background Information.- 1.1 Physiography and Bathymetry of the Arctic Ocean.- 1.2 The Arctic Ocean: Modern Status and Recent Climate Change.- 1.3 The Tectonic Evolution of the Arctic Ocean: Overview and Perspectives.- 1.4 Geochemical Proxies Used for Organic Carbon Source Identification in Arctic Ocean Sediments.- 2 Modern Terrigenous Organic Carbon Input to the Arctic Ocean.- 2.1 General Introduction.- 2.2 River Input.- 2.3 Organic Carbon Input to the Artic Seas Through Coastal Erosion.- 2.4 The Role of Arctic Sea Ice in Transporting and Cycling Terrestrial Organic Matter.- 2.5 Aeolian Input.- 2.6 Summary and Concluding Remarks.- 3 Primary and Secondary Production in the Arctic Seas.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Major Algal Groups and Their Distribution.- 3.3 Limitation and Control of Primary Production.- 3.4 Primary Production and Growth Rate.- 3.5 Seasonality.- 3.6 Distribution of Primary Production.- 3.7 Mesozooplankton.- 3.8 Primary Production — Impact of Climate Change.- 3.9 Summary and Concluding Remarks.- 4 The Role of Dissolved Organic Matter for the Organic Carbon Cycle in the Arctic Ocean.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Riverine DOM on Arctic Shelves and Beyond.- 4.3 Distribution, Chemical Composition, and Fluxes of Marine DOM in the Central Arctic Ocean.- 4.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks.- 5 Particulate Organic Carbon Flux to the Arctic Ocean Sea Floor.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 What do we Know About Vertical Carbon Flux from the Arctic Ocean.- 5.3 Case Studies.- 5.4 Regional Variability in POC Export Flux in the Arctic Ocean Determined Using 234Th as a Tracer.- 5.5 Particulate Organic Carbon Flux to the Seafloor of the Arctic Ocean: Quantity, Seasonality and Processes.- 5.6 Summary and Concluding Remarks.- 6 The Benthos ofArctic Seas and its Role for the Organic Carbon Cycle at the Seafloor.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Origin and Evolution of Arctic Habitats and Species.- 6.3 Food Supply of the Arctic Benthos: Sources and Pathways.- 6.4 Benthic Communities of the Arctic Seas.- 6.5 Organic Carbon Utilization by the Arctic Benthos.- 6.6 Summary and Concluding Remarks.- 7 Organic Carbon in Arctic Ocean Sediments: Sources, Variability, Burial, and Paleoenvironmental Significance.- 7.1 Organic Carbon in Arctic Ocean Sediments: A General Introduction.- 7.2 The Beaufort Sea: Distribution, Sources, Fluxes, and Burial Rates of Organic Carbon.- 7.3 The Continental Margin of the North Bering-Chukchi Sea: Distribution, Sources, Fluxes, and Burial Rates of Organic Carbon.- 7.4 The East Siberian Sea: Distribution, Sources, and Burial of Organic Carbon.- 7.5 The Laptev Sea: Distribution, Sources,Variability and Burial of Organic Carbon.- 7.6 The Kara Sea: Distribution, Sources,Variability and Burial of Organic Carbon.- 7.7 The Barents Sea: Distribution, Sources,Variability and Burial of Organic Carbon.- 7.8 Northern Fram Strait und Yermak Plateau: Distribution,Variability and Burial of Organic Carbon and Paleoenvironmental Implications.- 7.9 The Central Arctic Ocean: Distribution, Sources, Variability and Burial of Organic Carbon.- 8 Organic Carbon Budget: Arctic Ocean vs. Global Ocean.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 Global Organic Carbon Fluxes: Sources and Sinks.- 8.3 Arctic Ocean Organic Carbon Fluxes: Sources and Sinks.- 8.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks.- 9 References.