Effects of ocean acidification on Antarctic marine microbes - parent record

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: biota; oceans; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > BACTERIA/ARCHAEA; PROTISTS > PLANKTON > PHYTOPLANKTON; BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > BIOMASS DYNAMICS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; CLIMATE INDICATORS > PALEOCLIMATE INDICATORS > BIOLOGICAL RECORDS > POPULATION ABUNDANCE; OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; Ocean acidification; Marine Microbes; Cell size; CO2 ANALYZERS; FIELD SURVEYS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; LABORATORY; AMD/AU; AMD; CEOS; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Davis Station; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Davis-Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/effects-ocean-acidification-parent-record/2818722

Progress Code: completed Statement: See the child records for more information. This metadata record is the parent umbrella under which data from the 2008/09, 2013/14 and 2014/15 summer will be housed. See the child records for access to the data. Manmade CO2 has increased ocean acidity by 30% and it is projected to rise 300% by 2100. Antarctic waters will be amongst the earliest and most severely affected by this increase. Microbes are the base of the marine food chain and primary drivers of the biological pump. This project will incubate natural communities of Antarctic marine microbes in minicosms at a range of CO2 concentrations to quantify changes in their structure and function, the physiological responses that drive these changes, and provide input to models that predict effects on biogeochemical cycles and Antarctic food webs