KOSMOS 2022 Bergen mesocosm study on ocean alkalinity enhancement: carbonate chemistry , CO2 flux data and calcification estimates

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A Large-scale mesocosm experiment was conducted in the temperate fjord ecosystem near Bergen, Norway during late spring 2022 to investigate the effects of OAE on biogeochemical processes and organisms under close-to-natural conditions. A non-CO2-equilibrated approach was chosen, simulating OAE with calcium- and silicon-based minerals. A gradient of five OAE levels was achieved by increasing total alkalinity (TA) by 0–600 µmol kg-1. Carbonate chemistry parameters were monitored for the total length of the 53-day experiment. The added TA remained relatively stable over the experimental period and the measured CO2 gas exchange rate was comparable to what would be expected for large oceanic regions. The study and data set offer insights into impacts of non-equilibrated alkalinity enhancement on the carbonate system, air-sea gas exchange and carbon fixation.

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DOI https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.983061
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-524
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.983061
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Creator Schneider, Julieta; Riebesell, Ulf (ORCID: 0000-0002-9442-452X); Moras, Charly; Marín-Samper, Laura ORCID logo; Kittu, Leila ORCID logo; Ortiz Cortes, Joaquin ORCID logo; Schulz, Kai Georg ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2025
Funding Reference Horizon 2020 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100007601 Crossref Funder ID 869357 doi:10.3030/869357 OceanNETs: Ocean-based Negative Emission Technologies; Horizon 2020 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100007601 Crossref Funder ID 871081 https://doi.org/10.3030/871081 AQUACOSM-plus: Network of Leading Ecosystem Scale Experimental AQUAtic MesoCOSM Facilities Connecting Rivers, Lakes, Estuaries and Oceans in Europe and beyond
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; Data access is restricted (moratorium, sensitive data, license constraints); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 5509 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (5.206 LON, 60.265 LAT)
Temporal Coverage Begin 2022-05-14T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2022-07-05T00:00:00Z