The Atlantic ocean acidification test bed: Measurements of net ecosystem calcification by four different methods in puerto rico
Feb 17, 2016
The Atlantic ocean acidification test bed: Measurements of net ecosystem calcification by four different methods in puerto rico
Purpose of study
Study area – SW coast of Puerto Rico
Time line of measurements
Methods suitable for relating rates of ncp and nec to benthic cover
Principle of boundary layer- gradient flux method
Boundary layer O2 data and comparison of BL ncp to enclosure ncp
Boundary-layer nec rate estimates
Methods suitable for quantification of metabolism at the reef scale
Larger scale free flowing water methods
Site of Eulerian and Lagrangian nec measurements
Eulerian and Langrangian methods
Comparison of all methods
Findings