Integrating High-Resolution Coastal Acidification Monitoring Data Across Seven United States Estuaries.

ABSTRACT: Beginning in 2015, the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) National Estuary Program (NEP) started a collaboration with partners in seven estuaries along the East Coast (Barnegat Bay; Casco Bay), West Coast (Santa Monica Bay; San Francisco Bay; Tillamook Bay), and the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Coast (Tampa Bay; Mission-Aransas Estuary) of the United States to expand the use of autonomous monitoring of partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO₂) and pH. Analysis of high-frequency (hourly to sub-hourly) coastal acidification data including pCO₂, pH, temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen (DO) indicate that the sensors effectively captured key parameter measurements under challenging environmental conditions, allowing for an initial charact

SUBMITTER: Rosenau NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9179233 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature