Ocean acidification and calcium carbonate saturation states in the coastal zone of the West Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Jones, Elizabeth M., Fenton, Mairi, Meredith, Michael P., Clargo, Nicola M., Ossebaar, Sharyn, Ducklow, Hugh W., Venables, Hugh J., de Baar, Hein J.W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Ryder; Ryder Bay; Antarc*; Ocean acidification; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516330/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516330/1/Ocean%20acidification%20and%20calcium%20carbonate%20saturation%20states%20in%20the%20coastal%20zone%20of%20the%20West%20Antarctic%20Peninsula%20AAM.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.01.007

The polar oceans are particularly vulnerable to ocean acidification; the lowering of seawater pH and carbonate mineral saturation states due to uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). High spatial variability in surface water pH and saturation states (Ω) for two biologically-important calcium ca...