Semester of Graduation
Summer 2021
Degree
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
Coastal oceans are crucial players in global carbon cycling and air-sea CO2 fluxes but are poorly constrained due to their spatiotemporal variability associated with freshwater inputs, productivity and extreme events. The northern Gulf of Mexico represents a region undergoing anthropogenic changes in freshwater inputs of nutrient, DIC, and dissolved CO2 resulting in large variability in CO2 fluxes. Current models indicate significant uncertainties in flux estimates due to lack of resolution associated with the complexity of the nGOM, specifically in the shallowest regions of the shelf, which is mostly under sampled. Thus, the major objectives of this work are to (i) better understand the spatiotemporal variability in CO2 fluxes in the shallow section (
Recommended Citation
Forsman, Jocelyn A., "222-RADON AS A TRACER FOR AIR-SEA CO2 EXCHANGE ACROSS THE LOUISIANA SHELF" (2021). LSU Master's Theses. 5375.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/5375
Committee Chair
Maiti, Kanchan
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_theses.5375