Author’s Accepted Manuscript Decomposing monthly declines in subsurface-water pH and aragonite saturation state from spring to autumn in the North Yellow Sea Cheng-long Li, Wei-dong Zhai PII: S0278-4343(18)30169-9 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2018.11.003 Reference: CSR3837 To appear in: Continental Shelf Research Received date: 4 April 2018 Revised date: 4 November 2018 Accepted date: 10 November 2018 Cite this article as: Cheng-long Li and Wei-dong Zhai, Decomposing monthly declines in subsurface-water pH and aragonite saturation state from spring to autumn in the North Yellow Sea, Continental Shelf Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2018.11.003 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting galley proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. www.elsevier.com/locate/csr