Spatial and Temporal pH Variability in a California Estuary During the Winter Wet Season

• Main Author: Schmid, Garrett S
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@CalPoly 2020
• Subjects: pH; Variability; California; Estuary; Tide; Inflow; Salisbury; Duarte; Hofmann; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/biosp/40; https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/context/biosp/article/1043/viewcontent/Spatial_and_Temporal_pH_Variability_in_a_California_Estuary_During_the_Winter_Wet_Season.pdf

Anthropogenic stressors such as increased atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) are impacting carbonate chemistry in the global ocean by decreasing the pH, a process known as ocean acidification. (Doney et al., 2009; Feely et al., 2009; Orr et al., 2005). The direct impact of anthropogenic CO2 emissions...