Articles | Volume 17, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3779-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3779-2020
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22 Jul 2020
Research article |  | 22 Jul 2020

Relative impacts of global changes and regional watershed changes on the inorganic carbon balance of the Chesapeake Bay

Pierre St-Laurent, Marjorie A. M. Friedrichs, Raymond G. Najjar, Elizabeth H. Shadwick, Hanqin Tian, and Yuanzhi Yao

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Dataset of model results used in manuscript Pierre St-Laurent and Marjorie A. M. Friedrichs https://doi.org/10.25773/a36n-2e90

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Over the past century, estuaries have experienced global (atmospheric CO2 concentrations and temperature) and regional changes (river inputs, land use), but their relative impact remains poorly known. In the Chesapeake Bay, we find that global and regional changes have worked together to enhance how much atmospheric CO2 is taken up by the estuary. The increased uptake is roughly equally due to the global and regional changes, providing crucial perspective for managers of the bay's watershed.
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