Seawater carbonate chemistry and biological processes during experiments with the spider crab Hyas araneus in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, 2009

• Main Authors: Zittier, Zora M C, Hirse, Timo, Pörtner, Hans-Otto
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2013
• Subjects: Date; Experimental treatment; Identification; Salinity; Temperature, water; pH; Carbon, inorganic, dissolved; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide water at sea surface temperature wet air; Hyas araneus, haemolymph, pH; Hyas araneus, haemolymph, total carbon dioxide; Hyas araneus, haemolymph, partial pressure of carbon dioxide; Hyas araneus, haemolymph, partial pressure of carbon dioxide, standard deviation; Hyas araneus, haemolymph, bicarbonate ion; Hyas araneus, haemolymph, bicarbonate ion, standard deviation; Hyas araneus, haemolymph, oxygen content; Hyas araneus, haemolymph, partial pressure of oxygen; Hyas araneus, haemolymph, partial pressure of oxygen, standard deviation; Hyas araneus, haemolymph, lactate; Hyas araneus, haemolymph, lactate, standard deviation; Hyas araneus, righting responce; Hyas araneus, righting responce, standard deviation; pH meter Mettler Toledo, USA; CO2-Analyser Corning; Calculated using CO2SYS; Calculated after Heisler 1986; Oxygen optode, Aanderaa; Calculated; Enzymatic test; European Project on Ocean Acidification EPOCA; Arctic; Svalbard; Toledo; Climate change; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.755152; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.755152

With global climate change, ocean warming and acidification occur concomitantly. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that increasing CO2 levels affect the acid-base balance and reduce the activity capacity of the Arctic spider crab Hyas araneus, especially at the limits of thermal tolerance. Cra...