Dolomite-rich coralline algae in reefs resist dissolution in acidified conditions, supplement to: Nash, Merinda C; Opdyke, Bradley N; Troitzsch, U; Russell, Bayden D; Adey, W H; Kato, A; Diaz-Pulido, Guillermo; Brent, C; Gardner, M; Prichard, J; Kline, David I (2012): Dolomite-rich coralline algae in reefs resist dissolution in acidified conditions. Nature Climate Change, 3(3), 268-272

• Main Authors: Nash, Merinda C, Opdyke, Bradley N, Troitzsch, U, Russell, Bayden D, Adey, W H, Kato, A, Diaz-Pulido, Guillermo, Brent, C, Gardner, M, Prichard, J, Kline, David I
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2013
• Subjects: Benthos; Bottles or small containers/Aquaria <20 L; Calcification/Dissolution; Coast and continental shelf; Laboratory experiment; Macroalgae; Plantae; Porolithon onkodes; Rhodophyta; Single species; South Pacific; Temperate; Treatment; Species; Group; Replicate; Sample code/label; Magnesium carbonate, magnesite; Aragonite; Weight loss; Salinity; Temperature, water; Carbon, inorganic, dissolved; Alkalinity, total; pH; Bicarbonate ion; Carbonate ion; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide water at sea surface temperature wet air; Calcite saturation state; Aragonite saturation state; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Fugacity of carbon dioxide water at sea surface temperature wet air; Potentiometric titration; Potentiometric; Calculated using CO2SYS; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. 2010; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre OA-ICC; Pacific; Gardner; Nash; Diaz; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.825092; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.825092

Coral reef ecosystems develop best in high-flow environments but their fragile frameworks are also vulnerable to high wave energy. Wave-resistant algal rims, predominantly made up of the crustose coralline algae (CCA) Porolithon onkodes and P. pachydermum, are therefore critical structural elements...