Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1979
DOI
10.4319/lo.1979.24.5.0970
Publication Title
Limnology and Oceanography
Volume
24
Issue
5
Pages
970-977
Abstract
The ranges of alkalinity and pH in the southern Chesapeake Bay and the James River estuary were 2.25 meq·liter−1 at 32‰ to <0.85 at salinities below 6‰ and 7.5– 8.3 during the sampling period. Alkalinity is linearly related to salinity in southern Chesapeake Bay. In the James River estuary, the relationship is more complicated as a result of the mixing of various sources of water or the removal of alkalinity. pH values increase with salinity. The variations in pH may be caused by the salinity‐dependence of the apparent dissociation constants of carbonic acid. © 1979, by the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, Inc.
Original Publication Citation
Wong, G. T. F. (1979). Alkalinity and ph in the southern Chesapeake Bay and the James River estuary. Limnology and Oceanography, 24(5), 970-977. doi:10.4319/lo.1979.24.5.0970
Repository Citation
Wong, George T. F., "Alkalinity and pH in the Southern Chesapeake Bay and the James River Estuary" (1979). OEAS Faculty Publications. 298.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/oeas_fac_pubs/298
Comments
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