Lateral carbon export from the southern Benguela upwelling system

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dc.contributor.advisorWaldron, Howarden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSwart, Neil Cen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-13T19:48:01Z
dc.date.available2014-08-13T19:48:01Z
dc.date.issued2008en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 153-[169]).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this study was to quantify the lateral export of organic carbon from the continental shelf of the southern Benguela upwelling system to the open ocean. The flux is potentially important because the Benguela is one of the most productive and biogeochemically active ecosystems in the global ocean. Furthermore, a significant fraction of oceanic carbon storage is modulated through the biological pump mechanism, and on millennia 1 timescales the global ocean regulates atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide. The current study builds on previous work, and examines both the physical and biogeochemical aspects of the lateral carbon flux from the southern Benguela. Multiple physical mechanisms capable of inducing cross-shelf advection were examined, including dynamic interaction with Agulhas Rings and upwelling front instability, however the bottom boundary layer (BBL) was the focus.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSwart, N. C. (2008). <i>Lateral carbon export from the southern Benguela upwelling system</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Oceanography. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6454en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSwart, Neil C. <i>"Lateral carbon export from the southern Benguela upwelling system."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Oceanography, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6454en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSwart, N. 2008. Lateral carbon export from the southern Benguela upwelling system. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Swart, Neil C AB - The objective of this study was to quantify the lateral export of organic carbon from the continental shelf of the southern Benguela upwelling system to the open ocean. The flux is potentially important because the Benguela is one of the most productive and biogeochemically active ecosystems in the global ocean. Furthermore, a significant fraction of oceanic carbon storage is modulated through the biological pump mechanism, and on millennia 1 timescales the global ocean regulates atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide. The current study builds on previous work, and examines both the physical and biogeochemical aspects of the lateral carbon flux from the southern Benguela. Multiple physical mechanisms capable of inducing cross-shelf advection were examined, including dynamic interaction with Agulhas Rings and upwelling front instability, however the bottom boundary layer (BBL) was the focus. DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2008 T1 - Lateral carbon export from the southern Benguela upwelling system TI - Lateral carbon export from the southern Benguela upwelling system UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6454 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/6454
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSwart NC. Lateral carbon export from the southern Benguela upwelling system. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Oceanography, 2008 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6454en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Oceanographyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPhysical Oceanographyen_ZA
dc.titleLateral carbon export from the southern Benguela upwelling systemen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMScen_ZA
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