Carbon cycling in the North American coastal ocean: a synthesis

Fennel, Katja; Alin, Simone; Barbero, Leticia; Evans, Wiley; Bourgeois, Timothée; Cooley, Sarah; Dunne, John; Feely, Richard A.; Hernandez-Ayon, Jose Martin; Hu, Xinping; Lohrenz, Steven; Muller-Karger, Frank; Najjar, Raymond; Robbins, Lisa; Shadwick, Elizabeth; Siedlecki, Samantha; Steiner, Nadja; Sutton, Adrienne; Turk, Daniela; Vlahos, Penny; Wang, Zhaohui Aleck

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-1281-2019

Articles | Volume 16, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-1281-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-1281-2019

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27 Mar 2019

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Carbon cycling in the North American coastal ocean: a synthesis

Katja Fennel, Simone Alin, Leticia Barbero, Wiley Evans, Timothée Bourgeois, Sarah Cooley, John Dunne, Richard A. Feely, Jose Martin Hernandez-Ayon, Xinping Hu, Steven Lohrenz, Frank Muller-Karger, Raymond Najjar, Lisa Robbins, Elizabeth Shadwick, Samantha Siedlecki, Nadja Steiner, Adrienne Sutton, Daniela Turk, Penny Vlahos, and Zhaohui Aleck Wang

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SC1: 'A synthesis of carbon cycling in the North American coastal ocean', Werthmüller Sandra, 01 Nov 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to interactive comment', Katja Fennel, 28 Jan 2019
RC1: 'Important and novel contribution, but requires some additional discussion to achieve its potential impact', Nicolas GRUBER, 04 Jan 2019
- AC2: 'Reply to review by Niki Gruber', Katja Fennel, 28 Jan 2019
RC2: 'Review of the paper 10.5194/bg-2018-420 entitled « Carbon cycling in the North American coastal ocean : a synthesis” By Fennel et al.', Christophe Rabouille, 07 Jan 2019
- AC3: 'Reply to review by Christophe Rabouille', Katja Fennel, 28 Jan 2019

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (29 Jan 2019) by Jack Middelburg

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (08 Mar 2019) by Jack Middelburg

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We review and synthesize available information on coastal ocean carbon fluxes around North America (NA). There is overwhelming evidence, compiled and discussed here, that the NA coastal margins act as a sink. Our synthesis shows the great diversity in processes driving carbon fluxes in different coastal regions, highlights remaining gaps in observations and models, and discusses current and anticipated future trends with respect to carbon fluxes and acidification.