Dissolved inorganic carbon, total alkalinity, pH and other variables collected from surface discrete observations using Alkalinity titrator, infrared dissolved inorganic carbon analyzer and other instruments from the coastal waters of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Dry Tortugas, and Flower Garden Banks (Class 0 climate monitoring sites) from 2013-07-08 to 2014-09-08 (NCEI Accession 0132020) ...

• Main Authors: Manzello, Derek P., Enochs, Ian C., Kolodziej, Graham, Carlton, Renée D., Valentino, Lauren M.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information 2015
• Subjects: Pacific; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7289/v5d50k2g; https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0132020

This dataset contains data collected to monitor changes to coral reef carbonate chemistry over time, at US affiliated coral reef sites, through quantifying key chemical parameters that are expected to be impacted by ocean acidification. This effort addresses OAP programmatic themes 1 and 5 by maintaining the coral reef portion of the OA monitoring network and developing a procedure for data synthesis, assimilation, and distribution. Incorporating an interdisciplinary approach, this project will collect, process, analyze, and steward dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and total alkalinity (TA) water sample data to document seawater carbonate chemistry at Class 0, II, III climate monitoring sites in coral reef areas of the US Atlantic and Pacific regions. ...