Carbon Cycle in the Russian Arctic Seas / Edition 1

by Alexander Vetrov, Evgeny Romankevich

Overview

This study analyzes carbon-cycle conditions controlling the state of the Arctic ecosystem and their seasonal variations. Territory covered includes the Barents, White, Kara, Laptev, East-Siberian and Chukchi Seas, considering inter-correlations between sources of organic carbon, their fluxes, recycling and burial in bottom sediments. All biological communities (phythoplankton, macrophythobenthos, microphythobentos, bacterioplankton, zooplankton and zoobenthos) are taken into account regarding their participation in the carbon cycle.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642059919
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	12/06/2010
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2004
Pages:	334
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 2 Features of the Arctic Seas of Russia and Their Ecosystems.- 3 Biological Production of the Arctic Seas of Russia.- 4 Particulate Matter and Vertical Carbon Fluxes in the Water-Bottom System.- 5 Horizontal Carbon Fluxes in the Land-Sea System.- 6 Carbon in the Bottom Sediments.- 7 Elements of Carbon Balance and Cycling in the Arctic Seas of Russia.- References.