Proton cycling, buffering, and reaction stoichiometry in natural waters Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Ongoing acidification of the global ocean necessitates a solid understanding of how biogeochemical processes are driving proton cycling and observed pH changes in natural waters. The standard way of calculating the pH evolution of an aquatic system is to specify first how biogeochemical processes affect total alkalinity, followed by the solution of a nonlinear acid-base equilibrium equation system. This approach, however, does not explicitly ...