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Ocean Biogeochemical Cycles

Course #: ENVSCI 672

Description:
Ocean Biogeochemical Cycles provides a quantitative treatment of the cycling of biologically important elements in the ocean in the present and past. This course examines the two-way interactions between marine ecosystems and their chemical environment, and their implications for the distributions of carbon, oxygen, nutrients, and trace metals in the ocean. A particular focus is on the ocean?s carbon cycle, and the role that organisms and ocean circulation play in regulating the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere over geologic time.

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TBA