Dissolved inorganic carbon, total alkalinity, pH on Total Scale, nutrients and other variables collected from profile and discrete sample observations using CTD, Niskin bottle and other instruments onboard NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter in the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and Mid-Atlantic Bight from 2017-05-16 to 2017-06-21 (NCEI Accession 0170177) ...

• Main Authors: Barbero, Leticia, Wanninkhof, Rik, Pierrot, Denis, Melrose, Donald C., Rebuck, Nathan D., Townsend, David W., Thomas, Maura A., Taylor, Christopher C.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information 2018
• Subjects: Gunter; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7289/v57942z8; https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0170177

This dataset contains dissolved inorganic carbon, Total alkalinity, pH on Total Scale, nutrients and other variables measured from profile discrete measurement in the Northeast coast of the US. Increasing amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide from human industrial activities are causing changes in global ocean carbon chemistry resulting in a reduction in pH, a process termed ocean acidification. Studies have demonstrated adverse effects on calcifying organisms, particularly some invertebrates, corals, sea urchins, pteropods, and coccolithophores. This effort is in support of the coastal monitoring and research objectives of the NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (OAP). ...