The carbonate chemistry of the Western Mediterranean during the OCEAN CERTAIN 2015 cruise ...

• Main Authors: Cantoni, Carolina, Durante, Sara, Calesso, Gianluca, Cipolla, Alessandro, Poiana, Annalisa, Borghini, Mireno, Schroeder, Katrin, Chiggiato, Jacopo
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2020
• Subjects: Balearic Basin; Ocean acidification; pH; Sicily Channel; Total alkalinity; Western Mediterranean; Winkler oxygen; Event label; DATE/TIME; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Elevation of event; DEPTH, water; Pressure, water; Temperature, water; Salinity; Oxygen; Alkalinity, total; CTD/Rosette; CTD, Sea-Bird SBE 911plus; Titration, Winkler; Spectrophotometry; Titration potentiometric; OC2015; MINERVA UNO; Ocean Food-web Patrol – Climate Effects Reducing Targeted Uncertainties with an Interactive Network OCEAN-CERTAIN
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.911046; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.911046

In Summer 2015 (4-31 August), CNR-ISMAR carried out an oceanographic field-study in the Western Mediterranean Sea, on board of R/V MINERVA UNO. Sampling stations consisted in 7 transects, that spanned from Sicily Channel to Ligurian sea, Catalan sea, and Balearic Basin, dividing the area in sub-basins. 92 stations were visited totally. The dataset includes 550 discrete data of carbonate chemistry (pH-total scale and Total Alkalinity), concentrations of dissolved oxygen, and basic hydrological data (temperature, salinity and density). Methods: At each station, pressure (dbar), temperature (°C), and conductivity(mS/cm) were measured with a CTD SBE 911 plus General Oceanics Rosette System, equipped with 24 12-litres Niskin Bottles. Salinity (S, psu) and depth (m) were calculated by Sea-Bird Scientific routines. Seawater samples (n = 550) for the determination of biogeochemical parameters were collected from the Niskin bottles. Samples for dissolved oxygen (DO) were drawn in 60-mL BOD bottles and treated with ...