Carbonate System Characteristics of the Sevastopol Bay Waters in 2009 – 2015
Journal: Physical Oceanography
Year: 2016

A 20% increase of the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere during the last century and a dramatic increase in nutrient load to marine systems due to human activity have resulted in pronounced carbon cycle transformation in coastal areas. The results of the inorganic part of the carbon cycle and its transformation in the Sevastopol Bay (the Black Sea) are presented in this study. The bay is semi-enclosed coastal area that has been under heavy anthropogenic pressure over the last century