Multiple acid pathways in Casco Bay: Implications for the next 25 years J. Salisbury, D. Vandemark, C. Hunt, S. Shellito Modeled.

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Multiple acid pathways in Casco Bay: Implications for the next 25 years J. Salisbury, D. Vandemark, C. Hunt, S. Shellito Modeled

-Background -Multiple acid pathways into Casco Bay -Recent observations -Implications for the near future

Source: Le Quéré et al. 2012; Global Carbon Project 2012Le Quéré et al. 2012Global Carbon Project ±0.4 PgC/yr 90% + 1.0±0.5 PgC/yr 10% 2.6±0.8 PgC/yr 28% Calculated as the residual of all other flux components 4.3±0.1 PgC/yr 46% 26% 2.5±0.5 PgC/yr

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5 CO 2 + H 2 O CO 2 + CO H 2 O carbonate ions Carbonic acid reduces ocean pH. The concentration of carbonate ions decreases. H 2 CO 3 carbonic acid 2HCO 3 – bicarbonate ions cmore.soest.hawaii.edu

Saturation Index ( Ω) of the mineral aragonite Ω > 1 animals can make shell Ω >>1 easier to make shell Ω < 1 shell dissolves Ω  Ca 2+ ][CO 3 2- ]  sp Affected by temperature:  Temp corresponds to  Ω. Varies with CO 2 :  CO 2 corresponds to  Ω. Varies with pH:  pH corresponds to  Ω. Note: <1.6 may be a threshold for optimal larval growth in clams and oysters (Barton et al, 2012; Salisbury et al, 2008).

Changing Seawater Chemistry IPCC 2014 WG1, Chapter 3 Doney et al. Ann. Rev. Mar. Sci Dore et al. PNAS 2009 pH carbon dioxide

Other pathways for acidification

Coastal and Estuarine Acidification – River water freshens the coast and alters its ability to buffer against acid Data from USGS pH (NBS scale) Waldbusser and Salisbury, 2014 Omega (Ω) in the Kennebec Plume (56 cruises)

Precipitation is increasing, making the coastal ocean a bit fresher and more poorly buffered against pH

Change in Precipitation Patterns: Intense precipitation events (the heaviest 1 percent) in the continental U.S. from 1958 to Image Credit: Walsh, J., D. Wuebbles, K. Hayhoe, J. Kossin, K. Kunkel, G. Stephens, P. Thorne, R. Vose, M. Wehner, J. Willis, D. Anderson, S. Doney, R. Feely, P. Hennon, V. Kharin, T. Knutson, F. Landerer, T. Lenton, J. Kennedy, and R. Somerville, 2014: Ch. 2: Our Changing Climate. Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment, J. M. Melillo, Terese (T.C.) Richmond, and G. W. Yohe, Eds., U.S. Global Change Research Program, doi: /J0KW5CXT … and is likely to continue over the next 25 years (Rawlins et al, 2015)

Oxygen + decomposing plant matter  CO 2 + H 2 O  acid Nutrient enhanced acidification How does this affect Casco Bay? Improving or declining?

Recent observations and their implications for the near future

Possible difficulty making shell material below 1.5 So far, we’ve observed 34 of 150 days at <1.5

… now freshen the coast on average by 1 salinity unit (1:31) Given a similar time series, we would likely experience 58 days at <1.5

… now freshen plus add in the expected CO 2 increase over the next 25 years (red) In this scenario we could experience 89 days at <1.5

Concluding remarks: Slow atmospheric acidification Coastal variability can put organisms beyond certain thresholds Casco Bay sensitive to OA from multiple pathways and may be changing quickly But we need to know a lot more about how drivers amplify or dampen OA