Potential effects of ocean acidification on Alaskan corals based on calcium carbonate mineralogy composition analysis (NCEI Accession 0157223)

• 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; DOC/NOAA/NMFS/AFSC > Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; WHOI > Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; 0157223; 157223; shell parameters (length or weight); not applicable; biological; laboratory analyses; US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Alaska Fisheries Science Center; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; NODC Ocean Acidification Scientific Data Stewardship (OADS); US DOC; NOAA; Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research; Ocean Acidification Program (OAP); Not applicable; oceanography; Ocean Acidification Data Stewardship (OADS) Project; Ocean Acidification Program (OAP); Alaskan corals and one calcareous sponge species; Mole percentage of high-magnesium calcite; PANalytical X'Pert Pro Diffractometer; Percentage of aragonite; Percentage of aragonite, calcite, and high-magnesium calcite; Percentage of calcite; Percentage of high-magnesium calcite; Phillips Analytical PW 1830 XRD; X-ray diffraction refinement methodology; coral skeletons; mineralogy composition analysis; Pacific; Ocean acidification; Alaska
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Effects of ocean acidification (OA) on deep-sea coral habitats in Alaska could be pronounced given the particularly shallow and rapidly shoaling calcite and aragonite saturation horizons in the region. The magnitude of potential effects could partially depend on the corals' calcium carbonate mi...