Round 1: Tossup 2

The capacity to maintain this quantity is considered low for systems with a high Revelle factor. This quantity is plotted on the x-axis of a Bjerrum ("B’YAIR-um") plot. A decrease in this quantity drives the CCD upward, damaging the habitat of coccolithophores (-5[1])(“kok-oh-LITH-oh-fohrs”). Aragonite-using organisms are the first to be affected by changes in this quantity. (*) Coral bleaching (10[1])is exacerbated (-5[1])by a (-5[1])global (-5[1])decrease in this quantity. (10[1])This quantity drops when the equilibrium of a bicarbonate-carbonate buffer is altered. For 10 points, increased carbon dioxide uptake causes a decrease in what quantity through ocean acidification? ■END■ (10[3])

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