Published May 2, 2019 | Version v1
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Sensitivity of the Indian Sundarban mangrove ecosystem to local level climate change

Creators

  • 1. Department of Environmental Science, Tezpur University, Napaam, Tezpur, Assam, 784028, India.
  • 2. Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University Putra, Selangor, Malaysia.
  • 3. Department of Oceanography, Techno India University, West Bengal, Kolkata, 700091, India.
  • 4. Laboratory of Biophysics and Molecular Modeling Genesis, State Secretariat of Education of Parana, Parana, 86130- 000, Brazil.
  • 5. Department of Marine Science, University of Calcutta, 35 B.C. Road, Kolkata, 700019, India.

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The increase of carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere due to rapid industrialization and unplanned
urbanization has resulted in the rise of air temperature due to “blanket effect”. The rising carbon dioxide
dissolves in the marine and estuarine waters to form carbonic acid, which shifts pH towards a lower value.
This phenomenon of acidification has been discussed in this paper with its implication in lowering oyster
shell weight in the framework of Indian Sundarbans.
 

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