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. 2017 Jul 5;4(7):170283. doi: 10.1098/rsos.170283

Table 1.

Water chemistry during January 2015 and September 2015 experiments. pHnbs, alkalinity, salinity and temperature were measured as described in Material and methods. pCO2, Ωaragonite and Ωcalcite were calculated using CO2SYS. Data presented as mean ± s.e.m.)

oscillating acidification
control constant acidification day night
January 2015
pHnbs 7.91 ± 0.00 7.68 ± 0.01 7.89 ± 0.00 7.65 ± 0.03
alkalinity (µmol kgSW−1) 2234.04 ± 0.27 2232.81 ± 2.30 2233.99 ± 0.78 2233.70 ± 0.00
salinity (PSU) 33.4 ± 0.1 33.4 ± 0.1 33.4 ± 0.1 33.4 ± 0.1
pCO2 (µatm) 549 ± 5 983 ± 19 587 ± 4 1066 ± 66
Ωaragonite 1.90 ± 0.01 1.19 ± 0.02 1.80 ± 0.02 1.10 ± 0.06
Ωcalcite 2.95 ± 0.02 1.85 ± 0.03 2.80 ± 0.02 1.70 ± 0.09
Temp (°C) 16.5 ± 0.1
September 2015
pHnbs 7.93 ± 0.00 7.74 ± 0.01 7.93 ± 0.00 7.75 ± 0.00
alkalinity (µmol kgSW−1) 2235.40 ± 2.02 2234.60 ± 1.33 2234.40 ± 1.85 2245.00 ± 0.00
salinity (PSU) 33.5 ± 0.3 33.5 ± 0.3 33.5 ± 0.3 33.5 ± 0.2
pCO2 (µatm) 530 ± 3 859 ± 9  532 ± 4 845 ± 2
Ωaragonite 2.48 ± 0.02 1.73 ± 0.02 2.50 ± 0.03 1.80 ± 0.01
Ωcalcite 3.79 ± 0.04 2.64 ± 0.03 3.80 ± 0.04 2.70 ± 0.01
Temp (°C) 23.1 ± 0.1