The Arctic Ocean marine carbon cycle
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The Arctic Ocean marine carbon cycle: evaluation of air-sea CO2 exchanges, ocean acidification impacts and potential feedbacks N. R. Bates and J. T. Mathis Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, Ferry Reach, Bermuda School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA Received: 18 June 2009 – Accepted: 21 June 2009 – Published: 9 July 2009 Correspondence to: N. R. Bates ([email protected]) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.
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