Table 3 Experimental treatment seawater chemistry. Values are presented as means ± standard deviation. Temperature, pH on the National Bureau of Standards scale (pHNBS), salinity, and total alkalinity were measured directly and used to calculate carbon dioxide partial pressures (pCO2) in CO2SYS54.

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Target pCO2

Target Temperature

Temperature (°C)

pHNBS

Salinity

Total Alkalinity (µmol kg SW−1)

pCO2 (µatm)

650 µatm

28 °C

28.1 ± 0.2

8.01 ± 0.02

37 ± 1

2354 ± 14

657 ± 50

650 µatm

31 °C

30.7 ± 0.3

8.01 ± 0.01

38 ± 1

2351 ± 9

637 ± 5

1050 µatm

28 °C

28.0 ± 0.1

7.86 ± 0.01

38 ± 1

2337 ± 7

1015 ± 11

1050 µatm

31 °C

30.8 ± 0.2

7.81 ± 0.07

37 ± 0

2358 ± 32

1150 ± 76