Structural and functional vulnerability to elevated pCO2 in marine benthic communities, supplement to: Christen, Nadja; Calosi, Piero; McNeill, C L; Widdicombe, Stephen (2012): Structural and functional vulnerability to elevated pCO2 in marine benthic communities. Marine Biology, 160(8), 2113-2128

• Main Authors: Christen, Nadja, Calosi, Piero, McNeill, C L, Widdicombe, Stephen
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2013
• Subjects: Benthos; Biomass/Abundance/Elemental composition; Bottles or small containers/Aquaria <20 L; Calcification/Dissolution; Coast and continental shelf; Community composition and diversity; Entire community; Laboratory experiment; North Atlantic; Rocky-shore community; Temperate; Description; Identification; Treatment; Number of species; Number of individuals; Evenness of species; Number of calcareous species; Number of non-calcareous species; Number of calcareous individuals; Number of non-calcareous individuals; Biomass, wet mass; Organisms, calcareous, biomass; Organisms, non-calcareous, biomass; Calcium carbonate, mass; Soft tissue, mass; Net calcification rate of calcium carbonate; Salinity; Salinity, standard deviation; Temperature, water; Temperature, standard deviation; Alkalinity, total; Alkalinity, total, standard deviation; pH; Oxygen; Oxygen, standard deviation; Carbon, inorganic, dissolved; Carbon, inorganic, dissolved, standard deviation; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide water at sea surface temperature wet air; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide, standard deviation; Bicarbonate ion; Bicarbonate ion, standard deviation; Carbonate ion; Carbonate ion, standard deviation; Calcite saturation state; Calcite saturation state, standard deviation; Aragonite saturation state; Aragonite saturation state, standard deviation; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Fugacity of carbon dioxide water at sea surface temperature wet air; Experiment; Potentiometric titration; Potentiometric; Calculated using CO2SYS; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. 2010; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre OA-ICC; McNeill; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.823607; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.823607

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