Seawater carbonate chemistry, biomass and calcification of Porites spp. corals during experiments, 2011, supplement to: Edmunds, Peter J (2011): Zooplanktivory ameliorates the effects of ocean acidification on the reef coral Porites spp. Limnology and Oceanography, 56(6), 2402-2410

• Main Author: Edmunds, Peter J
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2011
• Subjects: Animalia; Benthic animals; Benthos; Biomass/Abundance/Elemental composition; Calcification/Dissolution; Cnidaria; Coast and continental shelf; Containers and aquaria 20-1000 L or < 1 m**2; Laboratory experiment; Porites sp.; Single species; South Pacific; Temperature; Tropical; Experimental treatment; Identification; Salinity; Salinity, standard error; Temperature, water; Replicates; Radiation, photosynthetically active; Radiation, photosynthetically active, standard deviation; pH; Alkalinity, total; Alkalinity, total, standard error; Carbon dioxide, partial pressure; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide water at sea surface temperature wet air, standard error; Aragonite saturation state; Aragonite saturation state, standard deviation; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide water at sea surface temperature wet air; Fugacity of carbon dioxide water at sea surface temperature wet air; Bicarbonate ion; Carbonate ion; Carbon, inorganic, dissolved; Calcite saturation state; Porites spp. biomass; Sample ID; Porites spp. heterotrophy; Calcification rate; Calcification rate of calcium carbonate; Porites spp., surface area; YSI 3100 Conductivity Meter; Digital thermometer Fisher Scientific; PAR sensor LI-1400, LI-COR Inc.; pH meter Mettler Toledo, USA; T50 Titrator Mettler Toledo, Port Melbourne, Australia; Calculated using CO2SYS; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. 2010; Buoyant weighing technique Davies, 1989; Aluminium foil method Marsh, 1970; European network of excellence for Ocean Ecosystems Analysis EUR-OCEANS; European Project on Ocean Acidification EPOCA; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre OA-ICC; Pacific; Toledo; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.772703; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.772703

I tested the hypothesis that the effects of high pCO2 and temperature on massive Porites spp. (Scleractinia) are modified by heterotrophic feeding (zooplanktivory). Small colonies of massive Porites spp. from the back reef of Moorea, French Polynesia, were incubated for 1 month under combinations of...