Distribution of dissolved CO2 in the Red Sea and correlations with other geochemical tracers

Authors

A. Papaud, Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie Marines, Université Paris VI
A. Poisson, Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie Marines, Université Paris VI

Abstract

The concentration of dissolved inorganic carbon in the Red Sea was studied using the following model:TCO₂ = TCO₂o + ΔTCO₂bio + ΔTCO₂ant. The conservative part TCO₂o was correlated with the potential temperature T. The term ΔTCO₂bio represents the exchanges with the marine biosphere and was expressed in the form aΔX + bΔY with X = O₂, NO₃, PO₄ and Y = TA, Ca. The term ΔTCO₂ant represents the excess of TCO₂ due to the penetration of human induced CO₂ in the ocean, which was expressed in the form co exp(−(z − zo)/H). As a result of the study, the contribution of each of the three identified signals was evaluated and the ratio C/O/N/P for the Red Sea basin was determined.

Recommended Citation

Papaud, A., and A. Poisson. 1986. "Distribution of dissolved CO2 in the Red Sea and correlations with other geochemical tracers." Journal of Marine Research 44, (2). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1821