Short Note: Natural seasonal variability of aragonite saturation state within two Antarctic coastal ocean sites

(ProQuest: ... denotes non-US-ASCII text omitted.) Introduction Production of aragonite shells by many marine organisms via calcification requires adequate availability of seawater carbonate ions (CO32-), which is often represented by the aragonite saturation state of seawater: -->\rOmega \, = \,...

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Published in:Antarctic science 2011-08, Vol.23 (4), p.411-412
Main Authors: McNeil, Ben I., Sweeney, Colm, Gibson, John A.E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Calcium carbonate
Marine organisms
Seasonal variations
Seawater
Solubility coefficient
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Summary:(ProQuest: ... denotes non-US-ASCII text omitted.) Introduction Production of aragonite shells by many marine organisms via calcification requires adequate availability of seawater carbonate ions (CO32-), which is often represented by the aragonite saturation state of seawater: -->\rOmega \, = \,\frac{{\left[ {C{{a}^{2 + }} } \right]\left[ {CO_{3}^{{\ \,2{\rm{ - }}} } \right]}}{\lambda }
ISSN:0954-1020
1365-2079
DOI:10.1017/S0954102011000204