scholarly journals An Assessment of Direct Dissolved Inorganic Carbon Injection to the Coastal Region: A Model Result

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei-Jen Huang ◽  
Kai-Jung Kao ◽  
Li-Lian Liu ◽  
Chi-Wen Liao ◽  
Yin-Lung Han
Keyword(s):  
Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Dissolved Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Coastal Region ◽  
Carbon Injection

scholarly journals Installing kelp forests/seaweed beds for mitigation and adaptation against global warming: Korean Project Overview

2013 ◽  
Vol 70 (5) ◽  
pp. 1038-1044 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ik Kyo Chung ◽  
Jung Hyun Oak ◽  
Jin Ae Lee ◽  
Jong Ahm Shin ◽  
Jong Gyu Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Dissolved Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Coastal Region ◽  
Pharmaceutical Products ◽  
Kelp Forests ◽  
Co2 Removal ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Southern Korea ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Co2

Abstract Chung, I. K., Oak, J. H., Lee, J. A., Shin, J. A., Kim, J. G., and Park, K.-S. 2013. Installing kelp forests/seaweed beds for mitigation and adaptation against global warming: Korean Project Overview. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 70: 1038–1044. Seaweed beds can serve as a significant carbon dioxide (CO2) sink while also satisfying global needs for food, fodder, fuel, and pharmaceutical products. The goal of our Korean Project has been to develop new baseline and monitoring methodologies for mitigation and adaptation within the context of climate change. Using innovative research approaches, we have established the Coastal CO2 Removal Belt (CCRB), which comprises both natural and man-made plant communities in the coastal region of southern Korea. Implemented on various spatial–temporal scales, this scheme promotes the removal of CO2 via marine forests. For example, when populated with the perennial brown alga Ecklonia, a pilot CCRB farm can draw down ∼10 t of CO2 per ha per year. This success is manifested by an increment in biomass accumulations and a decrease in the amount of dissolved inorganic carbon in the water column.

Factors influencing the growth of Mougeotia in experimentally acidified mesocosms

2000 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 538-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer L Klug ◽  
Janet M Fischer
Keyword(s):  
Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Phytoplankton Community ◽  
Dissolved Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Abiotic Factors ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Little Rock ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Phytoplankton Communities ◽  
Mesocosm Experiments ◽  
Potential Factors

Acidification causes profound changes in species composition in aquatic systems. We conducted mesocosm experiments in three northern Wisconsin lakes (Trout Lake, Little Rock - Reference, Little Rock - Treatment) to test how different phytoplankton communities respond to acidification. Major differences exist among these lakes in water chemistry and phytoplankton community composition. In each lake, three pH treatments (control, press (sustained pH 4.7), and pulse (alternating pH 4.7 and ambient pH)) were maintained for 6 weeks. We observed a striking increase in species in the genus Mougeotia in all systems. Mougeotia is a filamentous green alga often found in acidified lakes. The magnitude of the Mougeotia increase differed among lakes and treatments, and we used an autoregressive model to identify potential factors responsible for these differences. Our results suggest that biotic factors such as competition with other algae played a relatively minor role in regulating Mougeotia dynamics. Instead, pH and abiotic factors associated with changes in pH (e.g., dissolved inorganic carbon) were important predictors of Mougeotia dynamics.

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