Internal consistency of marine carbonate system measurements and assessments of aragonite saturation state: Insights from two U.S. coastal cruises

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 176, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-20

  Patsavas, Mark C ^a   Byrne, Robert H ^a   Wanninkhof, Rik ^b   Feely, Richard A ^c   Cai, Wei Jun ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate; CO2< inf> system; Dissolved inorganic carbon; Fugacity; Internal consistency; Ocean acidification; pH; Saturation state; Thermodynamics; Total alkalinity

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; ARAGONITE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE SYSTEM; COASTAL WATER; CRUISE REPORT; DATA SET; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FUGACITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PH; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; SALINITY; SATURATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937047020     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2015.06.022     Document Type: Article

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