Carbonate measurements from Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery in Netarts Bay, OR from 2014-2019

• Main Author: Fairchild, William
• Other Authors: Hales, Burke, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English; unknown
• Published: Oregon State University
• Subjects: Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry) > Research; Estuaries > Biogeochemistry; Netarts Bay (Or.); Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/datasets/9z903634r

High-resolution measurements of salinity, temperature, and partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2) taken at Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery, Netarts Bay, Oregon, from 2014 - 2019 are provided in this data set. Briefly, a permanently submerged pipe draws in bay water to supply the shellfish hatchery tanks. Unmodified water is branched into an adjacent laboratory where determination of salinity and temperature are measured using a SeaBird Electronics 45 MicroTSG (SBE45) at a rate of approximately 1 Hz. Incoming water passes through the TSG and immediately into a modified enclosed-headspace shower-head equilibration chamber. Water flows over a porous bubbler tube where the recirculated headspace gas is introduced into the equilibration chamber. High water flow rates and vigorous bubbling ensures complete equilibration of the headspace gas CO2 with the dissolved CO2 in the sample stream. Headspace gas is recirculated in a closed loop, passing through a detector unit (LI-840A), where CO2 is measured via infrared spectrometry. Temperature, salinity, and pCO2 were binned in 30-second running medians. This dataset covers all temperature, salinity, and pCO2 data from 2014-2019. Data were quality controlled for anomalous system variables and various system malfunction. Gaps in data coverage represent such failures including but not limited to, detector failure, blocked liquid flow, atmospheric leaks, and power outages. This dataset also includes hourly post-processed (quality assurance / quality controlled) for salinity, temperature, pCO2, and TCO2 measurements taken at Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery, Netarts Bay, Oregon, from 2014 - 2019. Variables such as pH, alkalinity, and saturation state are calculated using a modified version of CarbCalc (similar to CO2Sys).