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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: OceanAcidification_LaurenGuzman, 2 bicarbonate ions form of 37,000 GtC, a carbonate ion equals 2 bicarbonate ions, calcium carbonate shells negatively affects food web, deep water carbon returns to Surface ocean (top ~200m), phytoplankton perform photosynthesis, human CO2 emissions increases atmospheric CO2, atmospheric CO2 plus water --> H2CO3 (carbonic acid), human CO2 emissions increases atmospheric carbon, atmospheric carbon via phytoplankton, phytoplankton die and sink to the deep ocean, H+ ions decreases pH level, Surface ocean (top ~200m) takes up atmospheric carbon, the deep ocean increases deep water carbon, --> H2CO3 (carbonic acid) plus a carbonate ion, the ocean floor become part of Earth's solid crust, ocean acidity decreases organisms ability to produce calcium carbonate shells, Surface ocean (top ~200m) dissolves atmospheric CO2, pH level increases ocean acidity, ocean acidity the process of Global Ocean Acidification, atmospheric CO2 as part of the Inorganic Carbon Cycle