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Carter, B. R., Sharp, J. D., Dickson, A. G., Álvarez, M., Fong, M. B., García‐Ibáñez, M. I., Woosley, R. J., Takeshita, Y., Barbero, L., Byrne, R. H., Cai, W., Chierici, M., Clegg, S. L., Easley, R. A., Fassbender, A. J., Fleger, K. L., Li, X., Martín‐Mayor, M., Schockman, K. M., & Wang, Z. A. (2024). Uncertainty sources for measurable ocean carbonate chemistry variables. Limnology and Oceanography, 69(1), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12477

Wolfe, W. H., Martz, T. R., Dickson, A. G., Goericke, R., & Ohman, M. D. (2023). A 37-year record of ocean acidification in the Southern California current. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1), 406. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01065-0

Clegg, S. L., Waters, J. F., Turner, D. R., & Dickson, A. G. (2023). Chemical speciation models based upon the Pitzer activity coefficient equations, including the propagation of uncertainties. III. Seawater from the freezing point to 45 °C, including acid-base equilibria. Marine Chemistry, 250, 104196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2022.104196

Clegg, S. L., Humphreys, M. P., Waters, J. F., Turner, D. R., & Dickson, A. G. (2022). Chemical speciation models based upon the Pitzer activity coefficient equations, including the propagation of uncertainties. II. Tris buffers in artificial seawater at 25C, and an assessment of the seawater Total pH scale. Marine Chemistry, 244, 24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2022.104096

Jiang, L. Q., Pierrot, D., Wanninkhof, R., Feely, R. A., Tilbrook, B., Alin, S., Barbero, L., Byrne, R. H., Carter, B. R., Dickson, A. G., Gattuso, J. P., Greeley, D., Hoppema, M., Humphreys, M. P., Karstensen, J., Lange, N., Lauvset, S. K., Lewis, E. R., Olsen, A., … Xue, L. (2022). Best practice data standards for discrete chemical oceanographic observations. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.705638

Humphreys, M. P., Waters, J. F., Turner, D. R., Dickson, A. G., & Clegg, S. L. (2022). Chemical speciation models based upon the Pitzer activity coefficient equations, including the propagation of uncertainties: Artificial seawater from 0 to 45 °C. Marine Chemistry, 244, 104095. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2022.104095

Fassbender, A. J., Orr, J. C., & Dickson, A. G. (2021). Technical note: Interpreting pH changes. Biogeosciences, 18(4), 1407–1415. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-1407-2021

Yamamoto, S., Kayanne, H., Fujita, N., Sato, Y., Kurihara, H., Harii, S., Hemmi, A., & Dickson, A. G. (2021). Development of an automated transportable continuous system to measure the total alkalinity of seawater. Talanta, 221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2020.121666

Paulsen, M. L., & Dickson, A. G. (2020). Preparation of 2-amino-2-hydroxymethyl-1,3-propanediol (TRIS)pH(T)buffers in synthetic seawater. Limnology and Oceanography-Methods. https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10383

Fong, M. B., & Dickson, A. G. (2019). Insights from GO-SHIP hydrography data into the thermodynamic consistency of CO2 system measurements in seawater. Marine Chemistry, 211, 52–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2019.03.006

McLaughlin, K., Nezlin, N. P., Weisberg, S. B., Dickson, A. G., Booth, J. A. T., Cash, C. L., Feit, A., Gully, J. R., Howard, M. D. A., Johnson, S., Latker, A., Mengel, M. J., Robertson, G. L., Steele, A., & Terriquez, L. (2018). Seasonal patterns in aragonite saturation state on the southern California continental shelf. Continental Shelf Research, 167, 77–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2018.07.009

Muller, J. D., Bastkowski, F., Sander, B., Seitz, S., Turner, D. R., Dickson, A. G., & Rehder, G. (2018). Metrology for pH measurements in brackish waters-Part 1: Extending electrochemical pH(T) measurements of TRIS buffers to salinities 5-20. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00176

Du, N., Gholami, P., Kline, D. I., DuPont, C. L., Dickson, A. G., Mendola, D., Martz, T., Allen, A. E., & Mitchell, B. G. (2018). Simultaneous quantum yield measurements of carbon uptake and oxygen evolution in microalgal cultures. PLOS ONE, 13(6). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199125

Carter, B. R., Feely, R. A., Williams, N. L., Dickson, A. G., Fong, M. B., & Takeshita, Y. (2018). Updated methods for global locally interpolated estimation of alkalinity, pH, and nitrate. Limnology and Oceanography-Methods, 16(2), 119–131. https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10232

Papadimitriou, S., Loucaides, S., Rerolle, V. M. C., Kennedy, P., Achterberg, E. P., Dickson, A. G., Mowlem, M., & Kennedy, H. (2018). The stoichiometric dissociation constants of carbonic acid in seawater brines from 298 to 267 K. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 220, 55–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.09.037

McLaughlin, K., Nezlin, N. P., Weisberg, S. B., Dickson, A. G., Booth, J. A., Cash, C. L., Feit, A., Gully, J. R., Johnson, S., Latker, A., Mengel, M. J., Robertson, G. L., Steele, A., & Terriquez, L. (2017). An evaluation of potentiometric pH sensors in coastal monitoring applications. Limnology and Oceanography-Methods, 15(8), 679–689. https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10191

Okazaki, R. R., Sutton, A. J., Feely, R. A., Dickson, A. G., Alin, S. R., Sabine, C. L., Bunje, P. M. E., & Virmani, J. I. (2017). Evaluation of marine pH sensors under controlled and natural conditions for the Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE. Limnology and Oceanography-Methods, 15(6), 586–600. https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10189

Loucaides, S., Rerolle, V. M. C., Papadimitriou, S., Kennedy, H., Mowlem, M. C., Dickson, A. G., Gledhill, M., & Achterberg, E. P. (2017). Characterization of meta-Cresol Purple for spectrophotometric pH measurements in saline and hypersaline media at sub-zero temperatures. Scientific Reports, 7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02624-0

McLaughlin, K., Dickson, A., Weisberg, S. B., Coale, K., Elrod, V., Hunter, C., Johnson, K. S., Kram, S., Kudela, R., Martz, T., Negrey, K., Passow, U., Shaughnessy, F., Smith, J. E., Tadesse, D., Washburn, L., & Weis, K. R. (2017). An evaluation of ISFET sensors for coastal pH monitoring applications. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 12, 11–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2017.02.008

Williams, N. L., Juranek, L. W., Feely, R. A., Johnson, K. S., Sarmiento, J. L., Talley, L. D., Dickson, A. G., Gray, A. R., Wanninkhof, R., Russell, J. L., Riser, S. C., & Takeshita, Y. (2017). Calculating surface ocean pCO(2) from biogeochemical Argo floats equipped with pH: An uncertainty analysis. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 31(3), 591–604. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016gb005541

Carter, B. R., Feely, R. A., Mecking, S., Cross, J. N., Macdonald, A. M., Siedlecki, S. A., Talley, L. D., Sabine, C. L., Millero, F. J., Swift, J. H., Dickson, A. G., & Rodgers, K. B. (2017). Two decades of Pacific anthropogenic carbon storage and ocean acidification along Global Ocean Ship-lebased Hydrographic Investigations Program sections P16 and P02. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 31(2), 306–327. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016gb005485

Takeshita, Y., Martz, T. R., Coletti, L. J., Dickson, A. G., Jannasch, H. W., & Johnson, K. S. (2017). The effects of pressure on pH of Tris buffer in synthetic seawater. Marine Chemistry, 188, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2016.11.002

Papadimitriou, S., Loucaides, S., Rerolle, V., Achterberg, E. P., Dickson, A. G., Mowlem, M., & Kennedy, H. (2016). The measurement of pH in saline and hypersaline media at sub-zero temperatures: Characterization of Tris buffers. Marine Chemistry, 184, 11–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2016.06.002

Williams, N. L., Feely, R. A., Sabine, C. L., Dickson, A. G., Swift, J. H., Talley, L. D., & Russell, J. L. (2015). Quantifying anthropogenic carbon inventory changes in the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean. Marine Chemistry, 174, 147–160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2015.06.015

McLaughlin, K., Weisberg, S. B., Dickson, A. G., Hofmann, G. E., Newton, J. A., Aseltine-Neilson, D., Barton, A., Cudd, S., Feely, R. A., Jefferds, I. W., Jewett, E. B., King, T., Langdon, C. J., McAfee, S., Pleschner-Steele, D., & Steele, B. (2015). Core principles of the California Current Acidification Network: Linking chemistry, physics, and ecological effects. Oceanography, 28(2), 160–169. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2015.39

Bockmon, E. E., & Dickson, A. G. (2015). An inter-laboratory comparison assessing the quality of seawater carbon dioxide measurements. Marine Chemistry, 171, 36–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2015.02.002

Takeshita, Y., Martz, T. R., Johnson, K. S., & Dickson, A. G. (2014). Characterization of an ion sensitive field effect transistor and chloride ion selective electrodes for pH measurements in seawater. Analytical Chemistry, 86(22), 11189–11195. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac502631z

Thompson, R. W., Dickson, A. G., Kahng, S. E., & Winn, C. D. (2014). Nearshore carbonate dissolution in the Hawaiian Archipelago? Aquatic Geochemistry, 20(5), 467–481. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10498-014-9230-2

Carter, B. R., Talley, L. D., & Dickson, A. G. (2014). Mixing and remineralization in waters detrained from the surface into Subantarctic Mode Water and Antarctic Intermediate Water in the southeastern Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 119(6), 4001–4028. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013jc009355

Bockmon, E. E., & Dickson, A. G. (2014). A seawater filtration method suitable for total dissolved inorganic carbon and pH analyses. Limnology and Oceanography-Methods, 12, 191–195. https://doi.org/10.4319/lom.2014.12.191

Bockmon, E. E., Frieder, C. A., Navarro, M. O., White-Kershek, L. A., & Dickson, A. G. (2013). Technical note: Controlled experimental aquarium system for multi-stressor investigation of carbonate chemistry, oxygen saturation, and temperature. Biogeosciences, 10(9), 5967–5975. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-5967-2013

Carter, B. R., Radich, J. A., Doyle, H. L., & Dickson, A. G. (2013). An automated system for spectrophotometric seawater pH measurements. Limnology and Oceanography-Methods, 11, 16–27. https://doi.org/10.4319/lom.2013.11.16

Feely, R. A., Sabine, C. L., Byrne, R. H., Millero, F. J., Dickson, A. G., Wanninkhof, R., Murata, A., Miller, L. A., & Greeley, D. (2012). Decadal changes in the aragonite and calcite saturation state of the Pacific Ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 26. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011gb004157

Alin, S. R., Feely, R. A., Dickson, A. G., Hernandez-Ayon, J. M., Juranek, L. W., Ohman, M. D., & Goericke, R. (2012). Robust empirical relationships for estimating the carbonate system in the southern California Current System and application to CalCOFI hydrographic cruise data (2005-2011). Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 117. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011jc007511

Bates, N. R., Best, M. H. P., Neely, K., Garley, R., Dickson, A. G., & Johnson, R. J. (2012). Detecting anthropogenic carbon dioxide uptake and ocean acidification in the North Atlantic Ocean. Biogeosciences, 9(7), 2509–2522. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-2509-2012

Turk, D., Zappa, C. J., Meinen, C. S., Christian, J. R., Ho, D. T., Dickson, A. G., & McGillis, W. R. (2010). Rain impacts on CO₂ exchange in the western equatorial Pacific Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 37. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010gl045520

Dickson, A. G. (2010). Standards for ocean measurements. Oceanography, 23(3), 34–47.

Dickson, A. G. (2010). The carbon dioxide system in seawater: equilibrium chemistry and measurements. In U. Riebesell, V. J. Fabry, L. Hansson, & J. P. Gattuso (Eds.), Guide to best practices for ocean acidification research and data reporting (pp. 17–40). Publications Office of the European Union.

Checkley, D. M., Dickson, A. G., Takahashi, M., Radich, J. A., Eisenkolb, N., & Asch, R. (2009). Elevated CO₂ enhances otolith growth in young fish. Science, 324(5935), 1683–1683. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1169806

Feely, R. A., & Dickson, A. G. (2009). New evidence for ocean acidification in coastal waters of North America. In M. O. Baringer & T. C. Peterson (Eds.), State of the climate in 2008 (p. S69).

Sabine, C. L., Feely, R. A., Millero, F. J., Dickson, A. G., Langdon, C., Mecking, S., & Greeley, D. (2008). Decadal changes in Pacific carbon. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 113(C7). https://doi.org/10.1029/2007jc004577

Pavlova, G. Y., Tishchenko, P. Y., Volkova, T. I., Dickson, A., & Wallmann, K. (2008). Intercalibration of Bruevich’s method to determine the total alkalinity in seawater. Oceanology, 48(3), 438–443. https://doi.org/10.1134/s0001437008030168

Seidel, M. P., DeGrandpre, M. D., & Dickson, A. G. (2008). A sensor for in situ indicator-based measurements of seawater pH. Marine Chemistry, 109(1–2), 18–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2007.11.013

Christov, C., Dickson, A. G., & Moller, N. (2007). Thermodynamic modeling of aqueous aluminum chemistry and solid-liquid equilibria to high solution concentration and temperature. I. The acidic H-Al-Na-K-Cl-H₂O system from 0 to 100°C. Journal of Solution Chemistry, 36(11–12), 1495–1523. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10953-007-9191-9

Wolf-Gladrow, D. A., Zeebe, R. E., Klaas, C., Kortzinger, A., & Dickson, A. G. (2007). Total alkalinity: The explicit conservative expression and its application to biogeochemical processes. Marine Chemistry, 106(1–2), 287–300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2007.01.006

Hernandez-Ayon, J. M., Zirino, A., Dickson, A. G., Camiro-Vargas, T., & Valenzuela-Espinoza, E. (2007). Estimating the contribution of organic bases from microalgae to the titration alkalinity in coastal seawaters. Limnology and Oceanography-Methods, 5, 225–232.

Lee, K., Tong, L. T., Millero, F. J., Sabine, C. L., Dickson, A. G., Goyet, C., Park, G. H., Wanninkhof, R., Feely, R. A., & Key, R. M. (2006). Global relationships of total alkalinity with salinity and temperature in surface waters of the world’s oceans. Geophysical Research Letters, 33(19). https://doi.org/10.1029/2006gl027207

Martz, T. R., Dickson, A. G., & DeGrandpre, M. D. (2006). Tracer monitored titrations: measurement of total alkalinity. Analytical Chemistry, 78(6), 1817–1826. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac0516133

Nemzer, B. V., & Dickson, A. G. (2005). The stability and reproducibility of Tris buffers in synthetic seawater. Marine Chemistry, 96(3–4), 237–242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2005.01.004