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Aragonite undersaturation in Gwangyang Bay,South Korea: Effects of fresh water input |
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| Authors: | Dongseon Kim Eun-Jin Yang Seung Ho Baek Kyung-Hee Kim Jin-Hyun Jeong Young-Ok Kim |
| Institution: | 1. Marine Circulation and Climate Research Department, KIOST, Ansan, 426-744, Korea 2. Korea Polar Research Institute, KIOST, Incheon, 406-840, Korea 3. South Sea Environment Research Division, South Sea Research Institute, KIOST, Geoje, 656-834, Korea |
| Abstract: | Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and alkalinity were precisely measured for surface and bottom waters in Gwangyang Bay, Korea, during the four seasons to assess seasonal variations of aragonite saturation state (Ωarag). Both the surface and bottom waters were undersaturated with respect to aragonite during summer but were supersaturated during the other seasons. The summertime undersaturation of the surface waters with respect to aragonite may have been a result of the dilution effect caused by higher seasonal river runoff. In the bottom waters, the average DIC concentration increased by 40.6 μmol kg?1 from spring to summer, while the average alkalinity decreased by 74.7 μeq kg?1. As a result, the alkalinity/DIC ratio decreased from 1.07 in spring to 1.01 in summer and pH also decreased from 7.91 to 7.48, which resulted in the summertime undersaturation of the bottom waters. |
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