Abiotic versus Biotic Drivers of Ocean pH Variation under Fast Sea Ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Matson, Paul G., Washburn, Libe, Martz, Todd R., Hofmann, Gretchen E.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2014
• Subjects: Research Article; Cape Evans; Hut Point; Hut Point Peninsula; McMurdo Sound; New Harbor; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ocean acidification; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4164564; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25221950; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107239

Ocean acidification is expected to have a major effect on the marine carbonate system over the next century, particularly in high latitude seas. Less appreciated is natural environmental variation within these systems, particularly in terms of pH, and how this natural variation may inform laboratory...