Carbon sources and sinks in oceans
Song Jin · Marine Environmental Science · 2003
The new concepts of Apparent Source and Sink and Realistic Source and Sink are pointed out based on analyzing the intension and summary of carbon source and sink in oceans. And then, the main results of oceanic carbon source and sink were reviewed in this paper. On the basis of these facts, it is thought that the uncertainty of oceanic carbon source and sink is caused by the less accurate measurement of carbon parameters and the poor understanding to key controlling biogeochemical processes. The margin seas should be paid more attentive in the research of oceanic carbon source and sink. It is critical that improving determination accuracy of carbon system and revealing the key controlling biogeochemical processes must be developed in studying oceanic carbon source ang sink.