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Exchange of CO2 between Atmosphere and Sea Water: Possible Enzymatic Control of the Rate

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The Changing Global Environment

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Surface and sub-surface ocean water differ in exchange characteristics with atmospheric CO2. The possibility of control by an enzyme like carbonic anhydrase is discussed.

Publication No. 730 of the Institute of Geophysics, University of California.

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  1. Institute of Geophysics, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif., USA

    Rainer Berger & Willard F. Libby

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  1. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., USA

    S. Fred Singer (Professor of Enviromental Sciences and Member of the Center for Advanced Studies) (Professor of Enviromental Sciences and Member of the Center for Advanced Studies)

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Berger, R., Libby, W.F. (1975). Exchange of CO2 between Atmosphere and Sea Water: Possible Enzymatic Control of the Rate. In: Singer, S.F. (eds) The Changing Global Environment. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1729-9_7

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