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Remineralization rate of terrestrial DOC as inferred from CO2 supersaturated coastal waters
Filippa Fransner
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Meteorology and Bolin Centre for Climate Research,
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
now at: Geophysical Institute, Bergen
University and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
Agneta Fransson
Norwegian Polar Institute,
Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway
Christoph Humborg
Baltic Nest Institute, Baltic Sea
Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Faculty of
Biological and Environmental Sciences, Tvärminne Zoological Station,
University of Helsinki, Hanko, Finland
Erik Gustafsson
Baltic Nest Institute, Baltic Sea
Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Letizia Tedesco
Marine Research Centre, Finnish Environment
Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Robinson Hordoir
Institute of Marine Research and Bjerknes Centre for Climate
Research, Bergen, Norway
Jonas Nycander
Department of Meteorology and Bolin Centre for Climate Research,
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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Although rivers carry large amounts of organic material to the oceans, little is known about what fate it meets when it reaches the sea. In this study we are investigating the fate of the carbon in this organic matter by the use of a numerical model in combination with ship measurements from the northern Baltic Sea. Our results suggests that there is substantial remineralization taking place, transforming the organic carbon into CO2, which is released to the atmosphere.
Although rivers carry large amounts of organic material to the oceans, little is known about...
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