Dataset: Nearshore pH, temperature, (salinity, depth) at mooring sites in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, spring 2011 (OA Antarctic Sea Urchins project, OA pH, Temp, Calc Inverts project)

Final no updates expectedVersion 2014-05-13 (2014-05-13)Dataset Type:Unknown

Principal Investigator: Gretchen E. Hofmann (University of California-Santa Barbara)

Contact: Dr Paul G. Matson (University of California-Santa Barbara)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Project: Effect of Ocean Acidification on Early Life History Stages of the Antarctic Sea Urchins Sterechinus neumayeri (OA Antarctic Sea Urchins)

Project: Linking natural variability and anthropogenic changes in pH and temperature to performance in calcifying Antarctic marine invertebrates (OA pH, Temp, Calc Inverts)

Cape Evans-1, Hut Point, New Harbor: Temperature and salinity measurements from 3 nearshore mooring sites in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, October and November 2011. pH measurements were from 2 stations (Hut Point and Cape Evans) and depth data were from two stations (Cape Evans and New Harbor).

Jetty: Temperature and pH measurements from nearshore mooring site in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, December 2011 - May 2012. 

Cape Evans-2: Temperature and pH measurements from nearshore mooring site in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, November 2012 - June 2013. 

Related References:

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Dickson, A. G., Sabine, C. L. & Christian, J. R. Guide to best practices for ocean CO2 measurements. PICES Special Publication 3, 191 pp. (2007).

Liu, X., Patsavas, M. C. & Byrne, R. H. Purification and characterization of meta-cresol purple for spectrophotometric seawater pH measurements. Environ. Sci. Technol. 45, 4862-4868 (2011).

Kapsenberg, L., Kelley, A.L., Shaw, E.C., Martz, T.R. & Hofmann, G.E. Near-shore Antarctic pH variability has implications for the design of ocean acidification experiments. Sci. Rep. 5, 9638; DOI:10.1038/srep09638 (2015).

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