本研究討論的區域包含台灣東部外海、呂宋海峽（Luzon Strait; LS）及南海（South China Sea; SCS）北部海域。根據上述海域90個測站採集的表水樣品分析結果顯示，不同水文類型之碳化學參數（pH、DIC、TA及fCO2）特性，有極為顯著之差異。台灣東北部外海區域之陸棚表層水（Shelf Surface Water; SSW）因受湧升作用之影響，有高DIC、低pH值，且因為湧升帶來富含DIC之深水與額外的營養鹽，使得此區域同時具有吸收及釋放CO2的現象。於沿岸水（Coastal Water; CW）區域，因有額外營養鹽之輸入，提昇了生物生產力，使得此區域與SSW為主要吸收CO2的海域。fCO2的變化主要受到溫度及生物作用兩種機制控制，當溫度增加時fCO2亦增加，反之亦然。在台灣東部外海區域高溫、高鹽及貧營養鹽之黑潮表層水（Kuroshio Surface Water; KSW）與黑潮表層水與呂宋沿岸流之混合水（KSW + Luzon Coastal Current; KSW + LCC），表層呈現高pH、TA及低fCO2的現象，由於fCO2與溫度變化無關，所以推測此處fCO2變化因素是受到生物作用的影響，水體中之DIC含量降低，進而提昇TA/DIC之比值，導致fCO2值降低。整個台灣東部海域（21.5 oN ~ 26 oN、121 oE ~ 123 oE）之CO2的吸收主要於SSW與CW區域，其它區域之CO2的吸收及釋放量差異並不大。
LS區域有高溫、低鹽的呂宋沿岸流（Luzon Coastal Current; LCC），其特性為低DIC、TA之特性且fCO2值較高，因受高溫的影響，使得此區域為主要釋放CO2之海域。SCS北部之湧升區域（Upwelled Water; UW）周圍之海域整體呈現高DIC、TA及低pH之現象，而fCO2則因為生物生產力的影響而偏低。於SCS北部與LS區域之fCO2變化因與溫度呈現良好相關，顯示受控於表水溫度的改變。概括而論，整個SCS北部海域（20 oN ~ 22.5 oN、117 oE ~ 121 oE）CO2的吸收及釋放量差異並不大。
CO2 Flux用於表示海水吸收或釋放CO2的量，當海水吸收大氣中的CO2時，通量為負值，即匯（sink）；反之當CO2自水體釋放至大氣中，通量即為正值，即源（source）。本研究期間台灣周遭海域CO2 Flux的分佈，在CW區域的CO2吸收量最高，其通量為 -0.63±0.88 mmol m-2 day-1。於LCC區域的CO2釋放量最大，通量為 0.12±0.22 mmol m-2 day-1。整體而言，台灣周遭海域之是CO2 Flux為 -0.12±0.43 mmol m-2 day-1，為CO2的一個微弱的匯區。

Seawater samples around Taiwan were collected for pH, DIC, TA and fCO2 analyses. Results showed that their distributions closely related to the distribution of different water types. The high DIC and low pH but lower fCO2 values were found in the Shelf Surface Water (SSW) in the northern part of the study area, while the low DIC and TA but higher fCO2 values were found in the Luzon Coastal Current (LCC) in the northern Luzon Strait. The LCC was weak source under the influence of high temperature. Coastal Water (CW) and SSW represented two major sink areas due to the enhanced biological production stimulated by the high nutrient input from coastal and subsurface waters, respectively. Results also showed that high pH and TA but lower fCO2 were found in Kuroshio Surface Water (KSW) and KSW + Luzon Coastal Current (KSW+LCC) in the region off eastern Taiwan. The warm and saline KSW and KSW+LCC were weak sink owing to the elevated TA/DIC ratio, suggesting their CO2 uptake potential were influenced by biological production. The entire northern SCS represented a weak source under the influence of temperature. Finally, seawaters around Taiwan collectively acted as a sink of atmospheric CO2 with a flux of -0.12±0.43 mmol m-2 day-1 during the study period.

致謝 I
摘要 II
Abstract IV
目錄 VI
表目錄 VIII
圖目錄 IX
第一章 緒論 1
1-1 前言 1
1-2 海水中之碳化學 1
1-3 台灣周遭海域之海流概述 2
1-4 聯合探測計畫源起 5
1-5 研究目的 6
第二章 研究方法 7
2-1 採樣位置 7
2-2 分析方法 9
2-2-1 樣品之採集方式 9
2-2-2 酸鹼值（pH）之測定 9
2-2-3 溶解態無機碳（DIC）測定 10
2-2-4 總滴定鹼度（TA）測定 12
2-2-5 海水中二氧化碳分壓（fCO2oc）的計算 13
2-2-6 海氣交換之碳通量（CO2 Flux） 14
第三章 結果與討論 16
3-1 水文類型之特性與分佈 16
3-2 表層碳化學參數之空間分佈 20
3-3 fCO2、ΔfCO2與CO2 Flux之空間分佈及探討其變化
之控制因素 26
第四章 結論 36
第五章 參考文獻 41

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