Articles | Volume 12, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6761-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6761-2015
Research article
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26 Nov 2015
Research article |  | 26 Nov 2015

Two decades of inorganic carbon dynamics along the West Antarctic Peninsula

C. Hauri, S. C. Doney, T. Takahashi, M. Erickson, G. Jiang, and H. W. Ducklow

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ED: Publish as is (28 Oct 2015) by Gerhard Herndl
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Evaluation of a unique 20-year-long time series of inorganic carbon and nutrient observations from the West Antarctic Peninsula region shows that summertime biological productivity and meltwater input drive a large range of surface aragonite saturation states from values < 1 (undersaturated) up to 3.9. Even though we did not detect any statistically significant long-term trends, ongoing ocean acidification and freshwater input may soon induce more unfavorable conditions than seen today.
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