Gulf Watch Ocean Acidification Monitoring, year 2020 to year 2023. Samples collected from the science cruises conducted by the Prince William Sound Science Center and the Katchemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Samples were processed at the Alutiiq Pride Marine Center's Ocean Acidification Research Laboratory.

These data are part of the Gulf Watch Alaska (GWA) Non-Program Project initative, Pelagic Component of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, project number 22200127. Gulf Watch Alaska is the long-term ecosystem monitoring program of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council for the marine ecosystem affected by the 1989 oil spill. The Chugach Regional Resources Commission (CRRC) operates the Alutiiq Pride Marine Institute (APMI), and its Ocean Acidification Research Laboratory (OAR Lab), in Seward Alaska. This project incorporates dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) sampling for the purposes of quantifying ocean acidification into the Gulf Watch Program currently funded by Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council (EVOSTC). The Gulf Watch program, through its routine sampling, has added the collection of DIC samples to several of its sampling sites. This has added to the current data sets from these locations and offers a broader understanding of ocean acidification in Prince William Sound and Lower Cook Inlet. The Prince William Sound Science Center (PWSSC) and the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (KBNERR) are current partners in the Gulf Watch program and routinely conduct marine (vessel-based) sampling transects on a time series. The cost to sample and process DIC samples ($34,323 per year) is the only additional cost to the PWSSC and KBNERR existing programs and would go directly to CRRC.

本数据集隶属于阿拉斯加海湾观察（Gulf Watch Alaska, GWA）非项目计划，即埃克森·瓦尔迪兹溢油赔偿理事会（Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council）的远洋组分项目，项目编号为22200127。阿拉斯加海湾观察计划是埃克森·瓦尔迪兹溢油赔偿理事会为1989年溢油事件受影响海洋生态系统设立的长期生态系统监测项目。楚加奇区域资源委员会（Chugach Regional Resources Commission, CRRC）在阿拉斯加州苏厄德市运营阿拉图伊克骄傲海洋研究所（Alutiiq Pride Marine Institute, APMI）及其海洋酸化研究实验室（Ocean Acidification Research Laboratory, OAR Lab）。本项目将旨在量化海洋酸化的溶解无机碳（dissolved inorganic carbon, DIC）采样工作整合至当前由埃克森·瓦尔迪兹溢油赔偿理事会（Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, EVOSTC）资助的阿拉斯加海湾观察计划中。阿拉斯加海湾观察计划通过常规采样，已在多个采样站点新增溶解无机碳样本采集环节。此举扩充了上述站点的现有数据集，有助于更全面地理解威廉王子湾与下库克湾的海洋酸化状况。威廉王子湾科学中心（Prince William Sound Science Center, PWSSC）与卡彻马克湾国家河口研究保护区（Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, KBNERR）是阿拉斯加海湾观察计划的现有合作方，定期开展基于船舶的海洋采样断面时序调查。本次新增的溶解无机碳样本采集与处理成本（每年34323美元）是威廉王子湾科学中心与卡彻马克湾国家河口研究保护区现有项目的唯一额外支出，该款项将直接拨付给楚加奇区域资源委员会。