Dataset: Average conditions and chemical fluxes during mussel bed experiments at the Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, Davis in 2017.

These data were generated by establishing a mussel bed in a laboratory flow tunnel. Each profile represents a period where chemistry (pH and O2) was measured at defined heights within and above the mussel bed. These profiles occurred at two places in the mussel bed. These data describe average conditions outside of the mussel bed during each profile. Freestream velocities and shear velocities were assumed constant during a profile.

Calcification and respiration rates were calculated as the fluxes of alkalinity and oxygen, respectively. Flux calculations were modified from McGillis et al, 2011 and Takeshita et al, 2016.

Methods described in detail in Ninokawa et al. (2020).

Known Issues: No oxygen data was collected for profiles 1-7. This also prohibits the calculation of alkalinity profiles, calcification rates, and respiration rates. Zero freestream velocities also prohibits the calculation of calcification and respiration rates due to the lack of sufficient turbulent mixing.