A Tale of Two Tide Pools: Examining Carbonate Chemistry in the Intertidal
Characterization of physical conditions in tide pools is quite common in the scientific literature, but there is a marked paucity of information regarding the carbonate chemistry of these ecosystems; the majority of studies focus on temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen measurements. This lack...
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ftunivwashington:oai:digital.lib.washington.edu:1773/19861 2023-05-15T17:50:17+02:00 A Tale of Two Tide Pools: Examining Carbonate Chemistry in the Intertidal Rickards, Karen Gilmore, Rosaleen Challener, Laura Guenther, Rebecca Newcomb, Laura 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/1773/19861 en_US eng Ocean Acidification;Summer-A, 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/1773/19861 ocean acidification Carbonate chemistry Dead Man’s Cove tide pool 2011 ftunivwashington 2023-03-12T18:49:43Z Characterization of physical conditions in tide pools is quite common in the scientific literature, but there is a marked paucity of information regarding the carbonate chemistry of these ecosystems; the majority of studies focus on temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen measurements. This lack of information is especially worrisome in light of the predicted changes in carbonate chemistry (Ocean Acidification) likely to result from an increase in anthropogenic carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In order to establish a baseline of comparison, we analyzed the carbonate chemistry of two tide pools at Dead Man‘s Cove on San Juan Island, WA. We found marked deviation in carbonate chemistry parameters in the tide pools from the nearby water of Haro Strait. We also attempted to elucidate the underlying causal factors of this deviation by adding biota to the tide pools, yet our results were inconclusive. We conclude that future work should focus on more extensive characterization of natural coastal and intertidal variation in carbonate chemistry parameters, as well as experimental design targeted at determining underlying causal factors of said variation in nature. Other/Unknown Material Ocean acidification University of Washington, Seattle: ResearchWorks Haro ENVELOPE(-59.783,-59.783,-62.533,-62.533) San Juan |
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Characterization of physical conditions in tide pools is quite common in the scientific literature, but there is a marked paucity of information regarding the carbonate chemistry of these ecosystems; the majority of studies focus on temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen measurements. This lack of information is especially worrisome in light of the predicted changes in carbonate chemistry (Ocean Acidification) likely to result from an increase in anthropogenic carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In order to establish a baseline of comparison, we analyzed the carbonate chemistry of two tide pools at Dead Man‘s Cove on San Juan Island, WA. We found marked deviation in carbonate chemistry parameters in the tide pools from the nearby water of Haro Strait. We also attempted to elucidate the underlying causal factors of this deviation by adding biota to the tide pools, yet our results were inconclusive. We conclude that future work should focus on more extensive characterization of natural coastal and intertidal variation in carbonate chemistry parameters, as well as experimental design targeted at determining underlying causal factors of said variation in nature. |
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Rickards, Karen Gilmore, Rosaleen Challener, Laura Guenther, Rebecca Newcomb, Laura |
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Rickards, Karen Gilmore, Rosaleen Challener, Laura Guenther, Rebecca Newcomb, Laura |
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Rickards, Karen |
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A Tale of Two Tide Pools: Examining Carbonate Chemistry in the Intertidal |
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A Tale of Two Tide Pools: Examining Carbonate Chemistry in the Intertidal |
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A Tale of Two Tide Pools: Examining Carbonate Chemistry in the Intertidal |
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A Tale of Two Tide Pools: Examining Carbonate Chemistry in the Intertidal |
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tale of two tide pools: examining carbonate chemistry in the intertidal |
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Ocean acidification |
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Ocean acidification |
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