Water-to-Air Fluxes of Carbon Dioxide and Other Dissolved Gases in Estuaries

Water-to-Air Fluxes of Carbon Dioxide and Other Dissolved Gases in Estuaries 

As nonconservative gases, carbon dioxide and oxygen are closely coupled to the organic carbon pool through autotrophic (e.g., photosynthesis) and heterotrophic (e.g., respiration) processes. The dominant primary producers in estuaries and the coastal ocean are benthic and pelagic microalgae (phytoplankton). The average atomic C-to-N-to-P ratio 

106C02 + I6HNO3 +H3PO4 + 122H20 (CH2O)i06(NH3)i6H3PO4 + 13802 

Estuary Number of transects Average pCC 2 range (ppmv) 

The average range was obtained by averaging the low and high concentrations for each 

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