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UK Ocean Acidification Research programme data set

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Data holding centreBritish Oceanographic Data Centre
CountryUnited Kingdom  United Kingdom
ProjectUnited Kingdom Ocean Acidification Research Programme(UKOARP)
Time period2010 onwards
OngoingYes
Observations 
Parameters

Carbon monoxide and dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere; Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column; Carbon concentrations in sediment; Carbon concentrations in suspended particulate material

Description 
Summary

The cross-disciplinary themes will result in a diverse data catalogue. The ship collected data will be in the form of sea surface meteorology (2-D wind speed and direction, total irradiance, Photosynthetically Active Radiation/PAR, air temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity); atmospheric carbon dioxide (pCO2); biological, chemical and physical properties and processes in the marine photic zone (carbonate chemistry - pCO2, total alkalinity, pH, DIC; dissolved gases - oxygen; nutrient concentrations, ammonium regeneration, nitrification, nitrogen fixation, zooplankon ecology, chlorophyll concentration, photosynthetic pigment composition, bacterial production, phytoplankton and bacterial speciation, concentrations of biogenic trace compounds such as dimethyl sulphide/DMS and dimthylsulphoniopropionate/DMSP, salinity, temperature, zooplankon ecology) and bioassays of these same parameters under different future IPCC CO2 and temperature scenarios. The long-term (18 month) laboratory based mesocosm experiments will include data on individual organism response (growth, immune response, reproductive fitness) under different future IPCC CO2 and temperature scenarios in rocky intertidal, soft sediment and calcareous biogenic habitats, as well as the effects on commercially important species of fish and shellfish. The analysis of sediment cores will provide greater resolution of the paleo record during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM). Data will be used to aid the parameterisation of coastal and continental shelf seas (Northern Europe and the Arctic) model runs as well as larger scale global models. The shipboard fieldwork will take place around the UK, in the Arctic Ocean and the Southern Ocean. The mesocosms will look at temperate marine species common to UK shelf seas. Sediment cores have been collected from Tanzania. The models will look from the coastal seas of Northern Europe to the whole globe. Data to be generated will include data collected at sea, short-term (2-3 day) ship-board bioassays, from long-term (18 month) laboratory based mesocosm experiments and reconstructed paleo records from sediment cores. The 5 year UK Ocean Acidification Research Programme is the UK’s response to growing concerns over ocean acidification. Aims: 1 - to reduce uncertainties in predictions of carbonate chemistry changes and their effects on marine biogeochemistry, ecosystems and other components of the Earth System; 2 - to understand the responses to ocean acidification, and other climate change related stressors, by marine organisms, biodiversity and ecosystems and to improve understanding of their resistance or susceptibility to acidification; 3 - to provide data and effective advice to policy makers and managers of marine bioresources on the potential size and timescale of risks, to allow for development of appropriate mitigation and adaptation strategies. The study unites over 100 marine scientists from 27 institutions across the UK. It is jointly funded by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

OriginatorsBangor University, School of Biological Sciences
British Antarctic Survey
Cardiff University, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex
Heriot-Watt University School of Life Sciences
Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
National Oceanography Centre (Liverpool)
National Oceanography Centre (Southampton)
Natural History Museum, Botany Department
Open University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Scottish Association for Marine Science
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science
Swansea University School of the Environment and Society
University College London, Department of Earth Sciences
University of Aberdeen, Oceanlab
University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences
University of Bristol, School of Biological Sciences
University of Bristol, School of Geographical Sciences
University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences
University of Exeter, Biosciences Department
University of Hull, Department of Biological Sciences
University of Liverpool, School of Biological Sciences
University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences
University of Plymouth, School of Marine Science and Engineering (Duplicate)
University of Southampton School of Ocean and Earth Science
University of St Andrews, School of Biology
University of Strathclyde, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Data web sitehttp://www.bodc.ac.uk/projects/uk/ukoa/
Availability 
OrganisationBritish Oceanographic Data Centre
AvailabilityLicence
ContactPolly Hadžiabdić (Head of the BODC Requests Team)
Address

British Oceanographic Data Centre
Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street
Liverpool
Merseyside
L3 5DA
United Kingdom

Telephone+44 (0)782 512 0946
Facsimile+44 (0) 151 791 4912
Emailenquiries@bodc.ac.uk
Administration 
Collating centreBritish Oceanographic Data Centre
Local identifier1048UKAORP
Global identifier5628
Last revised2021-04-21