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Section sizes

More information Section name, Byte count ...

Section size for Ocean acidification (44 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	7,674	7,674	459	459
Cause	7,335	7,335	487	487
Main effects	4,699	22,617	152	1,097
Reduction in pH value	4,854	4,854	138	138
Decreased calcification in marine organisms	3,728	3,728	293	293
Decrease in saturation state	5,506	5,506	280	280
Natural variability and climate feedbacks	3,830	3,830	234	234
Measured and estimated values	36	25,475	0	798
Present day and recent history	14,624	14,624	471	471
Geologic past	10,815	10,815	327	327
Predicted future values	6,830	6,830	275	275
Impacts on oceanic calcifying organisms	1,047	24,765	89	1,151
Complexity of research findings	10,830	10,830	364	364
Coccolithophores	1,539	1,539	90	90
Corals	5,696	7,351	354	461
Studies at carbon dioxide seep sites	1,655	1,655	107	107
Pteropods and brittle stars	3,998	3,998	147	147
Other impacts on ecosystems	798	17,156	64	964
Other biological impacts	2,765	10,257	116	694
Acoustic properties	1,172	1,172	42	42
Algae and seagrasses	1,231	1,231	96	96
Fish larvae	5,089	5,089	440	440
Compounded effects of acidification, warming and deoxygenation	6,101	6,101	206	206
Impacts on the economy and societies	1,813	8,493	68	597
Fishing and tourism industry	761	6,680	85	529
Arctic	1,083	1,083	122	122
United Kingdom commercial fisheries	1,661	1,661	183	183
US commercial fisheries	3,175	3,175	139	139
Possible responses	23	8,795	0	693
Climate change mitigation	2,948	2,948	172	172
Carbon removal technologies which add alkalinity	928	5,824	109	521
Ocean alkalinity enhancement	3,808	3,808	272	272
Electrochemical methods	1,088	1,088	140	140
Policies and goals	218	10,231	13	669
Global policies	2,569	7,293	142	548
UN Ocean Decade	1,103	1,103	102	102
Global Climate Indicators	1,466	1,466	153	153
Sustainable Development Goal 14	2,155	2,155	151	151
Policies at country level	34	2,720	0	108
United States	2,686	2,686	108	108
History	7,534	7,534	604	604
See also	329	329	0	0
References	386	386	0	0
External links	855	855	0	0
Total	148,475	148,475	7,794	7,794

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