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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6881-2015
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6881-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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02 Dec 2015
Research article |
| 02 Dec 2015
Carbonate saturation state of surface waters in the Ross Sea and Southern Ocean: controls and implications for the onset of aragonite undersaturation
H. B. DeJong
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Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
R. B. Dunbar
Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
D. Mucciarone
Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
D. A. Koweek
Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Carbon dioxide and methane fluxes in different waterbodies in Inexpressible Island, Ross Sea, East Antarctica Z. Du et al.
- Zinc stimulation of phytoplankton in a low-carbon-dioxide, coastal Antarctic environment: evidence for the Zn hypothesis R. Kell et al.
- Automated multiport flow-through water pumping and sampling system D. Mucciarone & R. Dunbar
- Mesoscale and high-frequency variability of macroscopic particles (> 100 μm) in the Ross Sea and its relevance for late-season particulate carbon export A. Bochdansky et al.
- Air‐Sea CO2 Exchange in the Ross Sea, Antarctica H. DeJong & R. Dunbar
- Biological and physical controls of pCO2 and air-sea CO2 fluxes in the austral summer of 2015 in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica Y. Wang et al.
- Carbonate system data tracing freshwater inflow into the Ross Sea through the eastern gate and along the Ross Ice Shelf (Antarctica) P. Rivaro et al.
- Origin of blocky aragonite cement in Cenozoic glaciomarine sediments, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica M. Yang et al.
- Biogeochemistry of the Ross Sea and its ecosystem implication P. Rivaro & C. Ianni
- Net community production and carbon export during the late summer in the Ross Sea, Antarctica H. DeJong et al.
- Dissolved organic carbon in the Ross Sea: Deep enrichment and export S. Bercovici et al.
- Last Glacial Maximum to Holocene paleoceanography of the northwestern Ross Sea inferred from sediment core geochemistry and micropaleontology at Hallett Ridge R. Melis et al.
- Summer Carbonate Chemistry in the Dalton Polynya, East Antarctica M. Arroyo et al.
- Lack of synsedimentary chemical alteration in polar carbonates (Ross Sea, Antarctica): Resolution of a conundrum T. Frank et al.
- Analysis of Physical and Biogeochemical Control Mechanisms on Summertime Surface Carbonate System Variability in the Western Ross Sea (Antarctica) Using In Situ and Satellite Data P. Rivaro et al.
- Intergranular aragonite cement as evidence for widespread cryogenic brine formation during Quaternary glaciation in the McMurdo Sound region, Antarctica M. Yang et al.
- Foraminifer and Ostracod Occurrence in a Cool-Water Carbonate Factory of the Cape Adare (Ross Sea, Antarctica): A Key Lecture for the Climatic and Oceanographic Variations in the Last 30,000 Years R. Melis & G. Salvi
- Aragonite saturation state in a tropical coastal embayment dominated by phytoplankton blooms (Guanabara Bay – Brazil) L. Cotovicz et al.
- Assessing impacts of coastal warming, acidification, and deoxygenation on Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) farming: a case study in the Hinase area, Okayama Prefecture, and Shizugawa Bay, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan M. Fujii et al.
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- An empirical projection of ocean acidification in southwestern Japan over the 21st century N. Kosugi et al.
- Carbon dioxide and methane fluxes in different waterbodies in Inexpressible Island, Ross Sea, East Antarctica Z. Du et al.
- Zinc stimulation of phytoplankton in a low-carbon-dioxide, coastal Antarctic environment: evidence for the Zn hypothesis R. Kell et al.
- Automated multiport flow-through water pumping and sampling system D. Mucciarone & R. Dunbar
- Mesoscale and high-frequency variability of macroscopic particles (> 100 μm) in the Ross Sea and its relevance for late-season particulate carbon export A. Bochdansky et al.
- Air‐Sea CO2 Exchange in the Ross Sea, Antarctica H. DeJong & R. Dunbar
- Biological and physical controls of pCO2 and air-sea CO2 fluxes in the austral summer of 2015 in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica Y. Wang et al.
- Carbonate system data tracing freshwater inflow into the Ross Sea through the eastern gate and along the Ross Ice Shelf (Antarctica) P. Rivaro et al.
- Origin of blocky aragonite cement in Cenozoic glaciomarine sediments, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica M. Yang et al.
- Biogeochemistry of the Ross Sea and its ecosystem implication P. Rivaro & C. Ianni
- Net community production and carbon export during the late summer in the Ross Sea, Antarctica H. DeJong et al.
- Dissolved organic carbon in the Ross Sea: Deep enrichment and export S. Bercovici et al.
- Last Glacial Maximum to Holocene paleoceanography of the northwestern Ross Sea inferred from sediment core geochemistry and micropaleontology at Hallett Ridge R. Melis et al.
- Summer Carbonate Chemistry in the Dalton Polynya, East Antarctica M. Arroyo et al.
- Lack of synsedimentary chemical alteration in polar carbonates (Ross Sea, Antarctica): Resolution of a conundrum T. Frank et al.
- Analysis of Physical and Biogeochemical Control Mechanisms on Summertime Surface Carbonate System Variability in the Western Ross Sea (Antarctica) Using In Situ and Satellite Data P. Rivaro et al.
- Intergranular aragonite cement as evidence for widespread cryogenic brine formation during Quaternary glaciation in the McMurdo Sound region, Antarctica M. Yang et al.
- Foraminifer and Ostracod Occurrence in a Cool-Water Carbonate Factory of the Cape Adare (Ross Sea, Antarctica): A Key Lecture for the Climatic and Oceanographic Variations in the Last 30,000 Years R. Melis & G. Salvi
- Aragonite saturation state in a tropical coastal embayment dominated by phytoplankton blooms (Guanabara Bay – Brazil) L. Cotovicz et al.
- Assessing impacts of coastal warming, acidification, and deoxygenation on Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) farming: a case study in the Hinase area, Okayama Prefecture, and Shizugawa Bay, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan M. Fujii et al.
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We calculate the carbonate saturation state of surface water from the Ross Sea and along a transect between the Ross Sea and southern Chile using ~ 1700 total alkalinity measurements. Our results suggest that variability in surface carbonate saturation state is driven by biological productivity. We argue that in the Ross Sea the aragonite saturation state of surface water during the early spring never falls below 1.2.
We calculate the carbonate saturation state of surface water from the Ross Sea and along a...
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