Dataset: Measured and calculated geochemistry values and uncertainty for water samples taken from the water column of Celestun Lagoon, Yucatan, Mexico in May of 2015

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.941377.1Version 1 (2024-10-25)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

Principal Investigator, Contact: Adina Paytan (University of California-Santa Cruz)

Co-Principal Investigator: Jorge A. Herrera-Silveira (Unidad Mérida del Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados)

Co-Principal Investigator: Chen-Feng You (National Cheng Kung University)

Scientist: Hou-Chun Arrien Liu (National Cheng Kung University)

Scientist: Joseph H. Street (University of California-Santa Cruz)

Scientist: Tzu-Hao David Wang (National Cheng Kung University)

Student, Data Manager: Kyle H. Hardage (University of California-Santa Cruz)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Program: Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability NSF-Wide Investment (SEES): Ocean Acidification (formerly CRI-OA) (SEES-OA)

Project: Calcification in low saturation seawater: What can we learn from organisms in the proximity of low pH; undersaturated submarine springs (CalcificationLowSatSeawater)


Abstract

Measured and calculated geochemistry values and uncertainty for water samples taken from the water column of Celestun Lagoon, Yucatan, Mexico in May of 2015. This dataset was collected in coordination with the following study (See "Related Datasets" section): Isotopes (δ11B, 87Sr/86Sr, δ18O, δ13C), elemental concentrations (B, Mg, Ca), and carbon content were collected from the foraminifera Ammonia parkinsoniana and sediments in Celestun Lagoon, Yucatan, Mexico in June 2009 and May 2015. S...

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Location: Celestún Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan, Mexico.   20.88 N 90.36 E depth 0.5 m.
Collection: Data collected from dinghy. No vessel name. June 2009 and May 2015.

Water samples from 2015 were filtered (0.45 um) and analyzed for salinity, pH, and elemental concentrations. Analytical methods involved MC-ICPMS for boron and strontium isotopes, with careful sample preparation, including microsublimation for δ11B, Sr-spec resin for 87Sr/86Sr, and isotope ratio mass spectrometry for δ18O and δ13C. Elemental concentrations (B, Mg, Ca) were analyzed using ICPMS. Reproducibility was verified using established standards.

Additional methods citations:

Boron isotope method: Wang et al. (2020).
Strontium isotope method: Liu et al. (2012).
pH and borate equations: Foster et al. (2016).

Related dataset descriptions (See section "Related Datasets" for data citations):

The water sample data in this dataset were collected concurrently with the May 2015 sampling event in BCO-DMO dataset https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/941327 which contains isotope data, elemental concentrations, and carbon content collected from the foraminifera Ammonia parkinsoniana and sediments in Celestun Lagoon, Yucatan, Mexico in June 2009 and May 2015.

This study and Paytan (2021, BCO-DMO dataset https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/564766) both derive groundwater from the same regional aquifer in Yucatan, Mexico, and both studies review the effects of low-pH springs on saturation and calcification of organisms. They are different sample material.

The sediment cores and assemblages in Hardage et al.​ (2021, doi:10.25921/qkc1-yw35) at NOAA provide the sample material for the geochemistry reported in this study (foraminifera, bulk sediment, physical observations). The Hardage et al. (2021) dataset also contains additional lithology and geochemistry that can be paired with these new data for interested parties.

Instrument and equipment list:

LDPE bottles: water samples were collected in acid-washed LDPE bottles for trace metals.
rubber septum glass vials: water samples were collected in ashed glass bottles for nutrients.
0.5 mL micro-centrifuge tubes: used to store crushed foraminifera for cleaning.
Yellow Springs Instrument Model 63 handheld sonde and pH probe.
Neptune multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (MC-ICPMS).
Lachat QuikChem 8000.
UIC Carbon Coulometer Analyzer (CM150).
Orion 950 Titrator.
Thermo Scientific Element XR ICPMS.
ThermoFinnigan Delta Plus XP isotope ratio mass spectrometer.


Related Datasets

IsRelatedTo

Dataset: Low-pH springs: foraminifera boron isotopes
Relationship Description: Datasets collected as part of the same study. Both contain data from samples collected from Celestun Lagoon, Yucatan, Mexico in May of 2015.
Hardage, K. H., Wang, T. D., Liu, H. A., You, C., Herrera-Silveira, J. A., Paytan, A. (2024) Isotopes (d11B, 87Sr/86Sr, d18O, d13C), elemental concentrations (B, Mg, Ca), and carbon content collected from the foraminifera Ammonia parkinsoniana and sediments in Celestun Lagoon, Yucatan, Mexico in June 2009 and May 2015. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2024-10-25 doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.941327.1
IsRelatedTo

Dataset: https://doi.org/10.25921/qkc1-yw35
Hardage, K., Street, J., Herrera-Silveira, J. A., Oberle, F. K. J., & Paytan, A. (2021). <i>NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Celestun Lagoon, Yucatan 5300 Year Foraminifera Census and Geochemistry</i> [Data set]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/QKC1-YW35
IsRelatedTo

Dataset: Recruitment and Succession
Relationship Description: Low-pH spring studies on the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. Both derive groundwater from the same regional aquifer in Yucatan, Mexico, and both studies review the effects of low-pH springs on saturation and calcification of organisms. They used different sample material.
Paytan, A. (2021) Results of an experiment on recruitment and succession on a tropical benthic reef community in response to in-situ ocean acidification in Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico from 2010-2011 (CalcificationLowSatSeawater project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2015-09-09 doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.564766.1

Related Publications

Results

Hardage, K. H., Wang, T.-H., Liu, H.-C., You, C.-F., Herrera-Silveira, J. A., Steet, J. H., and Paytan, A. (in review). δ11B variability in Ammonia parkinsoniana and implications for paleo-pH in coastal margins. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology.
Methods

Foster, G. L., & Rae, J. W. B. (2016). Reconstructing Ocean pH with Boron Isotopes in Foraminifera. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 44(1), 207–237. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth-060115-012226
Methods

Hain, M. P., Sigman, D. M., Higgins, J. A., & Haug, G. H. (2015). The effects of secular calcium and magnesium concentration changes on the thermodynamics of seawater acid/base chemistry: Implications for Eocene and Cretaceous ocean carbon chemistry and buffering. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 29(5), 517–533. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014gb004986
Methods

Liu, H.-C., You, C.-F., Huang, K.-F., & Chung, C.-H. (2012). Precise determination of triple Sr isotopes (δ87Sr and δ88Sr) using MC-ICP-MS. Talanta, 88, 338–344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2011.10.050
Methods

Millero, F. J., Feistel, R., Wright, D. G., & McDougall, T. J. (2008). The composition of Standard Seawater and the definition of the Reference-Composition Salinity Scale. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 55(1), 50–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2007.10.001