遠くにあるサンゴ礁の窒素堆積が 21 世紀に増加した
Haojia Ren1, Yi-Chi Chen2, Xingchen T Wang3
1Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. abbyren@ntu.edu.tw.
まとめ
人為的な窒素汚染は 太平洋西部のリモートなサンゴ礁に 影響を及ぼしています サンゴの窒素同位体は,この汚染が,西暦2000年より少し前にドンシャ環礁に影響を及ぼし始めたことを明らかにしています.
科学分野:
- 海洋化学
- 同位体地化学
- サンゴ礁の生態学
背景:
- 西太平洋に排出される窒素の量が増える
- 大気中の窒素の堆積が遠隔の海洋生態系に与える影響
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