Seasonality in pH and temperature for shallow zones of the Bering Sea from measurements of coral Clathromorphum nereostratum

Increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations are potentially affecting marine ecosystems twofold, by warming and acidification. The rising amount of CO2 taken up by the ocean lowers the saturation state of calcium carbonate, complicating the formation of this key biomineral used by many marine organism...

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Main Authors: Fietzke, Jan, Ragazzola, Federica, Halfar, Jochen, Dietze, Heiner, Foster, Laura C, Hansteen, Thor H, Eisenhauer, Anton, Steneck, Robert S
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2015
Subjects:
Aleutian Islands Alaska
Attu_Island
BIOACID
Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification
DIVER
Sampling by diver
Bering Sea
Ocean acidification
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.843846
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.843846
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Summary:Increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations are potentially affecting marine ecosystems twofold, by warming and acidification. The rising amount of CO2 taken up by the ocean lowers the saturation state of calcium carbonate, complicating the formation of this key biomineral used by many marine organisms to build hard parts like skeletons or shells. Reliable time-series data of seawater pH are needed to evaluate the ongoing change and compare long-term trends and natural variability. For the high-latitude ocean, the region facing the strongest CO2 uptake, such time-series data are so far entirely lacking. Our study provides, to our knowledge, the first reconstruction of seasonal cycle and long-term trend in pH for a high-latitude ocean obtained from 2D images of stable boron isotopes from a coralline alga.

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