SO298 Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Incubation Experiments in the Equatorial Pacific

SO298 Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE) Incubation data from 19 ship-based experiments conducted in the Equatorial Pacific. The experiments simulated moderate alkalinity enhancements using three OAE sources and monitored impacts on natural phytoplankton populations. The dataset includes parameters such as chlorophyll-a, nutrients, trace elements, total alkalinity, Fv/Fm, pH, and flow cytometry.

Use Cases

• Modeling phytoplankton community response to alkalinity enhancement based on monitored chlorophyll-a and Fv/Fm.
• Comparing the environmental impacts of different OAE sources (NaOH, olivine, steel slag) based on trace element and nutrient data.
• Assessing potential side-effects of OAE against climate change impacts using experimental perturbation data.

Strengths

• 19 distinct ship-based incubation experiments provide multiple data points.
• Monitored parameters include total chlorophyll-a, macro nutrients, trace elements, total alkalinity, Fv/Fm, pH, and flow cytometry.
• Experiments simulated realistic alkalinity enhancements between 29-16 μmol kg-1.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data freshness should be verified as the last update is listed as 2026-07-16.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

19 ship-based incubation experiments simulating ocean alkalinity enhancement.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-16 03:40:42.436930

Geography

Equatorial Pacific