Nature Communications (Jun 2020)
Controls on surface water carbonate chemistry along North American ocean margins
- Wei-Jun Cai,
- Yuan-Yuan Xu,
- Richard A. Feely,
- Rik Wanninkhof,
- Bror Jönsson,
- Simone R. Alin,
- Leticia Barbero,
- Jessica N. Cross,
- Kumiko Azetsu-Scott,
- Andrea J. Fassbender,
- Brendan R. Carter,
- Li-Qing Jiang,
- Pierre Pepin,
- Baoshan Chen,
- Najid Hussain,
- Janet J. Reimer,
- Liang Xue,
- Joseph E. Salisbury,
- José Martín Hernández-Ayón,
- Chris Langdon,
- Qian Li,
- Adrienne J. Sutton,
- Chen-Tung A. Chen,
- Dwight K. Gledhill
Affiliations
- Wei-Jun Cai
- School of Marine Science and Policy, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware
- Yuan-Yuan Xu
- School of Marine Science and Policy, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware
- Richard A. Feely
- NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
- Rik Wanninkhof
- NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
- Bror Jönsson
- Plymouth Marine Laboratory
- Simone R. Alin
- NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
- Leticia Barbero
- NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
- Jessica N. Cross
- NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
- Kumiko Azetsu-Scott
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography
- Andrea J. Fassbender
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
- Brendan R. Carter
- NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
- Li-Qing Jiang
- Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland
- Pierre Pepin
- Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre
- Baoshan Chen
- School of Marine Science and Policy, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware
- Najid Hussain
- School of Marine Science and Policy, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware
- Janet J. Reimer
- School of Marine Science and Policy, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware
- Liang Xue
- First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources
- Joseph E. Salisbury
- Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory, University of New Hampshire
- José Martín Hernández-Ayón
- Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
- Chris Langdon
- Department of Marine Biology and Ecology, University of Miami
- Qian Li
- School of Marine Science and Policy, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware
- Adrienne J. Sutton
- NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
- Chen-Tung A. Chen
- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University
- Dwight K. Gledhill
- NOAA Ocean Acidification Program
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16530-z
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 13
Abstract
Anthropogenic CO2 is acidifying the ocean, but knowledge of the carbonate properties underlying these dynamics in coastal oceans is lacking. Here, the authors reveal spatial distribution patterns and variability in carbonate chemistry along North America’s coasts.
