Discrete Carbonate System Parameter Measurements in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA

• Main Authors: Kimberly Yates, Christopher Moore, Nathan Goldstein
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2017
• Subjects: Salinity; Dissolved oxygen; Water temperature; pH; Total alkalinity; Dissolved inorganic carbon; Nitrite; Ammonium; Phosphate; Silicate; Nitrate; Carbonate; Seafloor; Coastal acidification; Nutrients; Ocean acidification; Lower Tampa Bay; Middle Tampa Bay; Upper Tampa Bay; GeoscientificInformation; Environment; Geochemistry; Time series analysis; Oxygen content (water); Florida; Tampa Bay; Old Tampa Bay
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/8aa58361-431b-42c8-b15b-dfc68a3e879d

This dataset contains carbonate system data collected by scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center to investigate the effects of carbon cycling, coastal and ocean acidification on the Tampa Bay estuary located in west central Florida. Discrete seawater samples were collected along spatial transects at one to four hour intervals over 24-hour time periods. Water samples were analyzed at the USGS Carbon Analytical Laboratory in St. Petersburg Florida. This data set contains time series measurements of carbonate system parameters including: water temperature (Celsius, C), salinity, dissolved oxygen (milligrams/L), total alkalinity (TA, micromoles/kg), dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC, micromoles/kg), pHT (pH on the total scale), nitrate + nitrite (NO3+NO2, micromols/L), nitrite (NO2, micromols/L), silicate (SIL, micromols/L), ammonium (NH4, micromols/L) and phosphate (PO4, micromols/L).