CO2 increases oceanic primary production

Mette Hein () and Kaj Sand-Jensen
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Mette Hein: Freshwater Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen
Kaj Sand-Jensen: Freshwater Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen

Nature, 1997, vol. 388, issue 6642, 526-527

Abstract: Abstract The regulation of oceanic primary production of biomass is important in the global carbon cycle because it constitutes 40% of total primary production on Earth1. Here we present results from short-term experiments in the nutrient-poor central Atlantic Ocean. We find a small but significant stimulation of primary production (15-19%) in response to elevated CO2 concentrations that simulate the CO2 rise in surface waters that will occur over the next 100-200 years.

Date: 1997
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