| Benthic Ecosystem and Acidification Measuring System (BEAMS) data from two sites on the western terrace of the Palmyra Atoll collected during 2014 (BEAMS project) | Aragonite Saturation State; 3 x n matrix; data collected at 0.3m above the benthos.
| OMEGA_0_3m |
| Benthic Ecosystem and Acidification Measuring System (BEAMS) data from two sites on the western terrace of the Palmyra Atoll collected during 2014 (BEAMS project) | Aragonite Saturation State; 3 x n matrix; data collected at 0.5m above the benthos.
| OMEGA_0_5m |
| Benthic Ecosystem and Acidification Measuring System (BEAMS) data from two sites on the western terrace of the Palmyra Atoll collected during 2014 (BEAMS project) | Aragonite Saturation State; 3 x n matrix; data collected at 1.1m above the benthos.
| OMEGA_1_1m |
| Seawater chemistry and benthic metabolic rates as a function of coral cover from a mesocosm experiment conducted at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences in August 2012 | Seawater saturation state with respect to aragonite calculated from in situ temperature, salinity, TA, and DIC
| omega_calc |
| Seawater chemistry and benthic metabolic rates as a function of coral cover from a mesocosm experiment conducted at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology in June 2016 | Seawater saturation state with respect to aragonite calculated from in situ temperature, salinity, TA, and DIC
| omega_calc |
| In situ measurements used for coral and reef-scale calcification structural equation modeling including environmental and chemical measurements, and coral calcification rates in Bermuda from 2010 to 2012 (BEACON project) | Seawater saturation with respect to aragonite
| Omega |
| Biogeochemical data collected during the Flower Garden Banks Rapid Response Cruise, FGB-RR16, on R/V Manta in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary from July to August 2016 | aragonite saturation state
| Omega_Ar |
| Seawater carbonate chemistry from experiment on brooded coral larval, June and July 2010, Taiwan (Cumbo, 2012)(MCR LTER project, Climate_Coral_Larvae project) | the saturation state of seawater with respect to aragonite
| omega_arag |
| Seawater carbonate chemistry for brooded coral larval experiments, Taiwan, March 2011 and 2012 (Cumbo, 2013)(MCR LTER project, Climate_Coral_Larvae project) | the saturation state of seawater with respect to aragonite
| omega_Ara |
| Seawater carbonate chemistry from experiment on brooded coral larval, March 2011, Taiwan (Cumbo et al, JEMBE, 2013) (MCR LTER & Climate Coral Larvae projects) | the saturation state of seawater with respect to aragonite
| omega_Ara |
| Porites coral calcification responses to declining Ωar in a CO2 manipulation experiment in Palau versus the calcification responses observed in ten other studies of massive Porites corals | Saturation state of aragonite
| omega_AR |
| Calcification rates of Porites corals collected from a naturally high-Ωar reef and a naturally low-Ωar reef in Palau incubated at three experimental Ωar conditions | Saturation state of aragonite in experimental conditions
| experiment_omega_AR |
| Calcification rates of Porites corals collected from a naturally high-Ωar reef and a naturally low-Ωar reef in Palau incubated at three experimental Ωar conditions | Saturation state of aragonite of the reef where each coral was collected
| origin_reef_omega_AR |
| Carbonate chemistry, shell growth, and respiration data from laboratory experiments on California mussel larvae condcuted at the Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, OR in 2013 | The saturation state of seawater with respect to aragonite.
| omega_A |
| Table 1: Experimental conditions and fluid carbonate chemistry for RPI-3 run where only aragonite precipitated | saturation state of the fluid with respect to aragonite
| OM_ar |
| Carbonate chemistry parameters in flume study during the day from Richard B Gump Research Station - Moorea LTER, French Polynesia from 2013 (MCR LTER project, OA_Corals project) | The saturation state of seawater with respect to aragonite (known as OMEGA_ar) is a measure of the thermodynamic potential for aragonite to form or to dissolve and is defined as the product of the concentrations of dissolved calcium and carbonate ions in seawater divided by their product at equilibrium.
| OM_arag |
| Results from OA/feeding experiment: carbonate chemistry and coral skeletal weight, symbiont density, and total tissue lipid content of samples collected from northwestern Bermuda patch reefs; 2010 | Aragonite saturation state; average of all replicate tanks for the given experimental treatment. (The saturation state of seawater with respect to aragonite is a measure of the thermodynamic potential for aragonite to form or to dissolve, and is defined as the product of the concentrations of dissolved calcium and carbonate ions in seawater, divided by their product at equilibrium.)
| AragSat |
| Results from OA/feeding experiment: carbonate chemistry and coral skeletal weight, symbiont density, and total tissue lipid content of samples collected from northwestern Bermuda patch reefs; 2010 | Aragonite saturation state in the specified tank.
| TankAragSat |
| Carbonate chemistry and CTD data collected along a North Pacific transect between Hawaii and Alaska on R/V Kilo Moana cruise KM1712 in August 2017 | aragonite saturation state
| OmegaAr_Alk_DIC_PTS |
| Carbonate chemistry and CTD data collected along a North Pacific transect between Hawaii and Alaska on R/V Kilo Moana cruise KM1712 in August 2017 | aragonite saturation state
| OmegaAr_Alk_pH_incorr_PTS |
| Carbonate chemistry and CTD data collected along a North Pacific transect between Hawaii and Alaska on R/V Kilo Moana cruise KM1712 in August 2017 | aragonite saturation state
| OmegaAr_pH_corr_DIC_PTS |
| Seawater carbonate chemistry, and length and survival of Menidia beryllina during experiments conducted at Southampton Marine Station from 2011-2015 | Aragonite saturation state; Calculated using CO2SYS (URI: http://cdiac.ornl.gov/oceans/co2rprt.html).
| omega_Arg |
| Water samples from CTD casts and vehicle-mounted bottles from the R/V Atlantis, R/V Ronald Brown, R/V Falkor, & E/V Nautilus in the Gulf of Mexico & Florida from 2010 to 2014 (Lophelia OA project) | saturation state of aragonite
| omega_aragonite |
| Carbonate chemistry from outdoor flumes at the UCB Gump Research Station Moorea, French Polynesia from November of 2015 to March of 2016 | Aragonite saturation state averaged across 24 h. Calculated using seacarb by Lavigne and Gattuso 2013.
| Omega_24h |
| Carbonate chemistry from outdoor flumes at the UCB Gump Research Station Moorea, French Polynesia from November of 2015 to March of 2016 | Aragonite saturation state averaged during daylight hours. Calculated using seacarb by Lavigne and Gattuso 2013.
| Omega_Day |
| Carbonate chemistry from outdoor flumes at the UCB Gump Research Station Moorea, French Polynesia from November of 2015 to March of 2016 | Aragonite saturation state averaged during nightime hours. Calculated using seacarb by Lavigne and Gattuso 2013.
| Omega_Night |
| Major ion and carbonate chemistry of water in which oyster larvae were reared from Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery in Netarts Bay, OR, USA from 2009-2011 | The saturation state of seawater with respect to aragonite.
| omega_Arag |
| Coral (Porites rus) calcification and chemistry data from outdoor flumes at the UCB Gump Research Station Moorea, French Polynesia in April and March of 2012 | Aragonite saturation state. Calculated using seacarb (Lavigne and Gattuso, 2011).
| Omega_Arg_1 |
| Coral (Porites rus) calcification and chemistry data from outdoor flumes at the UCB Gump Research Station Moorea, French Polynesia in April and March of 2012 | Aragonite saturation state. Calculated using seacarb (Lavigne and Gattuso, 2011) after Nisumaa et al. (2010).
| Omega_Arg_2 |
| Aragonite saturation state. calculated using seacarb (Lavigne & Gattuso 2012).
| OmegaAragonite |
| Carbonate chemistry from outdoor flume experiments with coral Acropora hyacinthus at the UCB Gump Research Station Moorea, French Polynesia in September and October of 2012 | Aragonite saturation state. Calculated using seacarb (Lavigne & Gattuso 2011)
| OmegaAragonite |
| Calcification and carbonate chemistry from outdoor flume experiments with corals at locations in Moorea, Okinawa, and Hawaii from 2011 to 2013 | Aragonite saturation state. Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010).
| Omega_Arg |
| Aragonite saturation state. Calculated using seacarb.
| Omega_Arg_1 |
| Aragonite saturation state. Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010).
| Omega_Arg_2 |
| Continuous carbonate chemistry data from Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery, Netarts Bay, OR, USA in 2009 (Mechanisms of bivalve response to acidification project) | Saturation state with respect to aragonite computed from correlation with pH_tot as described in Barton et al. 2012 paper. Named 'YSI_omega2' in original data file.
| omega_A |
| Control incubation data during Mytilus californianus calcification experiments from 2020 to 2022 (OA decoupling project) | Mean aragonite saturation state during incubation, corrected for calcium concentration where calcium was modified.
| omega |
| Coral post-settlement physiology at high pCO2: respiration, protein content, seawater properties and carbonate chemistry, Taiwan 2010 (MCR LTER project, Climate_Coral_Larvae project) | Aragonite saturation state
| Omega_Arg |
| Coral post-settlement physiology at high pCO2: respiration, protein content, seawater properties and carbonate chemistry, Taiwan 2010 (MCR LTER project, Climate_Coral_Larvae project) | Aragonite saturation state
| Omega_Arg_Nisumaa |
| Environmental data from experimental aquaria during a laboratory experiment testing the effects of pH, light availability and biotic interaction on coralline algae calcification and productivity at the Sitka Sound Science Center in 2017 | calculated aragonite saturated state (Ω)
| CO2SYS_ArgOMEGA |
| Results of laboratory study examining effects of elevated concentrations of seawater carbon dioxide and altered salinity on rates of oxygen utilization by larval porcelain crabs (Petrolisthes cinctipes) | Aragonite saturation state
| omega_aragonite |
| Diel carbonate and nutrient chemistry reported for different benthic reef communities under ambient and acidified conditions during summer and winter | Seawater saturation state with respect to aragonite calculated from in situ temperature, salinity, TA, and DIC
| Omega_calc |
| Discrete carbonate chemistry from samples collected in Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery, Netarts Bay, OR, USA in 2009 (Mechanisms of bivalve response to acidification project) | Saturation state with respect to aragonite.
| omega_A |
| Estimated gross dissolution rates, previously derived net calcification rates, and estimated gross calcification rates for eight species of marine calcifiers at 25.0 °C. | Aragonite saturation state of seawater employed by Ries et al. (2009) and Castillo et al. (2014)
| Arag_sat |
| Average calculated pCO2 of gas in equilibrium with seawater, pH, carbonate ion concentration, bicarbonate ion concentration, dissolved CO2, aragonite saturation state, measured salinity, temperature, pH, total alkalinity, and dissolved inorganic carbon. | Average calculated aragonite saturation state of the experimental seawater
| Arag_sat_c |
| Average measured temperature, salinity, TA, DIC, dO18, and d13C; Average calculated pCO2, pH, carbonate ion concentration, bicarbonate ion concentration, dissolved CO2, and aragonite saturation state. | Average calculated aragonite saturation state of the experimental seawater
| Arag_sat_c |
| Carbonate data in experimental treatments of Emiliania huxleyi, 2011-2012 (E Hux Response to pCO2 project) | the saturation state of seawater with respect to aragonite (known as OMEGA_ar) is a measure of the thermodynamic potential for aragonite to form or to dissolve and is defined as the product of the concentrations of dissolved calcium and carbonate ions in seawater divided by their product at equilibrium.
| Omega_Ar |
| Seawater chemistry during pCO2 flume experiments at Richard B Gump Research Station in Moorea, French Polynesia from May to June of 2014 | Aragonite saturation state for a given flume
| omega_aragonite |
| Experimental seawater chemical properties for larval mussel shell study from SIO, UCSD from 2012-2013 (OA_Proxies project) | aragonite saturation state
| omega_ar |
| Carbonate Chemistry Parameters from a heatwave experiment done September to November 2018 using reef building corals collected in Kāne'ohe Bay, O'ahu, Hawai'i. | Calculated aragonite saturation state (Ω) value
| AragSat |
| Spatial surveys of carbonate chemistry in Heron Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia | Aragonite saturation state of seawater
| Ar |
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