Ocean acidification / edited by Jean-Pierre Gattuso, Lina Hansson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gattuso, Jean-Pierre.

Hansson, Lina.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ocean acidification.

Water acidification.

Physical Description:

xix, 326 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Summary:

The ocean helps moderate climate change thanks to its considerable capacity to store CO2, however the consequences of this process, known as "ocean acidification", are raising concerns for the biological, ecological, and biogeochemical health of the world's oceans, as well as the potential societal implications.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Foreword

Preface

List of abbreviations

List of contributors

1 Ocean acidification: background and history

1.1 Introduction

1.2 What is ocean acidification?

1.3 The biological and biogeochemical processes that are potentially affected

1.4 A short history of ocean acidification research

1.5 Risks and policy implications

1.6 Conclusions

1.7 Acknowledgements

2 Past changes in ocean carbonate chemistry

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Seawater carbonate chemistry

2.3 Controls on ocean carbonate chemistry

2.4 Long-term changes during earth's history (quasi-steady states)

2.5 Ocean acidification events in earth's history

2.6 Conclusions

2.7 Acknowledgements

3 Recent and future changes in ocean carbonate chemistry

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Basic chemistry under change

3.3 Atmospheric CO[sub(2)] emissions, sources, and sinks during the industrial era

3.4 Observed changes in ocean carbonate chemistry during recent decades

3.5 Future scenarios

3.6 Projecting future changes in carbonate chemistry

3.7 Conclusions

3.8 Acknowledgements

4 Skeletons and ocean chemistry: the long view

4.1 Introduction

4.2 A record of atmospheric pCO[sub(2)] and past global change

4.3 Is there a more general historical pattern?

4.4 Summary, with lessons for the future

4.5 Acknowledgements

5 Effects of ocean acidification on the diversity and activity of heterotrophic marine microorganisms

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Microbes in the ocean

5.3 Ocean acidification: approaches and evidence

5.4 Implications

5.5 Acknowledgements

6 Effects of ocean acidification on pelagic organisms and ecosystems

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Planktonic processes and the marine carbon cycle

6.3 Direct effects of ocean acidification on planktonic organisms.

6.4 Synergistic effects of ocean acidification with other environmental changes

6.5 Ecological processes and biogeochemical feedbacks

6.6 Critical information gaps

6.7 Acknowledgements

7 Effects of ocean acidification on benthic processes, organisms, and ecosystems

7.1 Introduction

7.2 The effect of ocean acidification on major biogeochemical processes

7.3 Effect of ocean acidification on benthic organisms, communities, and ecosystems

7.4 Conclusions and final remarks

7.5 Acknowledgements

8 Effects of ocean acidification on nektonic organisms

8.1 Integrative concepts relevant in ocean acidification research

8.2 Effects of ocean acidification on fishes

8.3 Effects of ocean acidification on cephalopods

8.4 Conclusions and perspectives

9 Effects of ocean acidification on sediment fauna

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Distribution of carbon dioxide (CO[sub(2)]) and pH within sediments

9.3 The impact of macrofaunal activity on microbially driven geochemical processes

9.4 Sediment fauna as 'ecosystem engineers'

9.5 Assessing the potential impacts of ocean acidification on infaunal organisms

9.6 Summarizing the vulnerability of infaunal organisms to ocean acidification

9.7 Conclusions

9.8 Acknowledgements

10 Effects of ocean acidification on marine biodiversity and ecosystem function

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Biodiversity and ecosystem function

10.3 Acclimatization and adaptation

10.4 Effects of environmental change

10.5 The effects of ocean acidification on organisms

10.6 Habitats

10.7 Implications of biodiversity loss

10.8 Conclusion

10.9 Acknowledgements

11 Effects of ocean acidification on the marine source of atmospherically active trace gases

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Effects of ocean acidification on DMS production and its impact on climate.

11.3 Impacts of ocean acidification on organohalogen production and atmospheric chemistry

11.4 Conclusions and future research needs

11.5 Acknowledgements

12 Biogeochemical consequences of ocean acidification and feedbacks to the earth system

12.1 Introduction

12.2 The marine carbon cycle

12.3 The marine nitrogen cycle

12.4 The ocean as a source of atmospherically active trace gases

12.5 Conclusion and perspectives

12.6 Acknowledgements

13 The ocean acidification challenges facing science and society

13.1 Introduction

13.2 Why society should be concerned about ocean acidification

13.3 Valuing the oceans

13.4 The relevance of ocean acidification to individuals

13.5 Communicating ocean acidification to policy- and decision-makers

13.6 Wider communication of ocean acidification

13.7 The response of policymakers

13.8 Geoengineering and its relationship to ocean acidification

13.9 Conclusions

13.10 Acknowledgements

14 Impact of climate change mitigation on ocean acidification projections

14.1 Introduction

14.2 Scenarios and metrics

14.3 Baseline and mitigation emissions scenarios for the 21st century: how much acidification can be avoided?

14.4 Inertia in the earth system: long-term commitment to ocean acidification by 21st century emissions

14.5 Regional changes in surface ocean acidification: undersaturation in the Arctic is imminent

14.6 Delayed responses in the deep ocean

14.7 Pathways leading to stabilization of atmospheric CO[sub(2)]

14.8 Conclusions

14.9 Acknowledgements

15 Ocean acidification: knowns, unknowns, and perspectives

15.1 Introduction

15.2 Knowns and unknowns

15.3 Ecosystems at risk

15.4 Past limitations and future prospects

15.5 Conclusions

15.6 Acknowledgements

Index

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-150178-6

0-19-191800-8

1-283-91917-6

OCLC:

823163766