NCRMP and OAP Class 0 Carbonate data collected near Flower Garden Banks, St. Croix, and St. Thomas from 2015-06-10 to 2015-08-28 (NCEI Accession 0159159)

• Main Author: Derek Manzello Manzello
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2017
• Subjects: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; 0159159; 159159; ARAGONITE SATURATION STATE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON (DIC); pCO2; pH; TOTAL ALKALINITY (TA); in situ; laboratory analyses; CORAL REEF STUDIES; National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP); US DOC; NOAA; Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research; Ocean Acidification Program (OAP); Caribbean Sea; Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary; Gulf of Mexico; North Atlantic Ocean; oceanography; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ALKALINITY; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CARBONATE; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > INORGANIC CARBON; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PH; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO; North Atlantic; Ocean acidification
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OA is expected to reduce the calcification rates of marine organisms, yet we have little understanding of how OA will manifest within dynamic, real‐world systems, nor how to accurately measure said manifestation. This data includes boat-based collections of water samples from surface waters at specified locations in the Flower Garden Banks, St. Croix, and St. Thomas. These samples provide characterization of the carbonate chemistry that is utilized to achieve the climate and ecosystem monitoring requirements of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Plan of NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program, which supports this project along with NOAA's Ocean Acidification Program.