Changes in coral reef communities across a natural gradient in seawater pH ...
Ocean acidification threatens the survival of coral reef ecosystems worldwide. The negative effects of ocean acidification observed in many laboratory experiments have been seen in studies of naturally low-pH reefs, with little evidence to date for adaptation. Recently, we reported initial data sugg...
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ftdatacite:10.1594/pangaea.849300 2023-12-31T10:21:32+01:00 Changes in coral reef communities across a natural gradient in seawater pH ... Barkley, Hannah C Cohen, Anne L Golbuu, Yimnang Starczak, V R DeCarlo, Thomas M Shamberger, K E F 2015 text/tab-separated-values https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.849300 https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.849300 en eng PANGAEA https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/561046 https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/520476 https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/489014 https://cran.r-project.org/package=seacarb https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1500328 https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/561046 https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/520476 https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/489014 https://cran.r-project.org/package=seacarb Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode cc-by-3.0 Benthos Biomass/Abundance/Elemental composition Calcification/Dissolution Coast and continental shelf Community composition and diversity Entire community Field observation Rocky-shore community South Pacific Tropical Site LATITUDE LONGITUDE Aragonite saturation state Aragonite saturation state, standard error Corals, cover Corals, cover, standard error Species richness Species richness, standard error Diversity Diversity, standard error Evenness of species Evenness of species, standard error Coverage Coverage, standard error Extension rate Extension rate, standard error Density Density, standard error Calcification rate of calcium carbonate Calcification rate, standard error Percentage Percentage, standard error Temperature, water Temperature, water, standard error Salinity Salinity, standard error Nitrate and Nitrite Nitrate and Nitrite, standard error Ammonium Ammonium, standard error Phosphate Phosphate, standard error Alkalinity, total Alkalinity, total, standard error Carbon, inorganic, dissolved Carbon, inorganic, dissolved, standard error Partial pressure of carbon dioxide water at sea surface temperature wet air Partial pressure of carbon dioxide water at sea surface temperature wet air, standard error Carbonate ion Supplementary Dataset Dataset dataset 2015 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.84930010.1126/sciadv.1500328 2023-12-01T11:50:33Z Ocean acidification threatens the survival of coral reef ecosystems worldwide. The negative effects of ocean acidification observed in many laboratory experiments have been seen in studies of naturally low-pH reefs, with little evidence to date for adaptation. Recently, we reported initial data suggesting that low-pH coral communities of the Palau Rock Islands appear healthy despite the extreme conditions in which they live. Here, we build on that observation with a comprehensive statistical analysis of benthic communities across Palau's natural acidification gradient. Our analysis revealed a shift in coral community composition but no impact of acidification on coral richness, coralline algae abundance, macroalgae cover, coral calcification, or skeletal density. However, coral bioerosion increased 11-fold as pH decreased from the barrier reefs to the Rock Island bays. Indeed, a comparison of the naturally low-pH coral reef systems studied so far revealed increased bioerosion to be the only consistent ... : In order to allow full comparability with other ocean acidification data sets, the R package seacarb (Gattuso et al, 2015) was used to compute a complete and consistent set of carbonate system variables, as described by Nisumaa et al. (2010). In this dataset the original values were archived in addition with the recalculated parameters (see related PI). The date of carbonate chemistry calculation is 2015-09-09. ... Dataset Ocean acidification DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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Benthos Biomass/Abundance/Elemental composition Calcification/Dissolution Coast and continental shelf Community composition and diversity Entire community Field observation Rocky-shore community South Pacific Tropical Site LATITUDE LONGITUDE Aragonite saturation state Aragonite saturation state, standard error Corals, cover Corals, cover, standard error Species richness Species richness, standard error Diversity Diversity, standard error Evenness of species Evenness of species, standard error Coverage Coverage, standard error Extension rate Extension rate, standard error Density Density, standard error Calcification rate of calcium carbonate Calcification rate, standard error Percentage Percentage, standard error Temperature, water Temperature, water, standard error Salinity Salinity, standard error Nitrate and Nitrite Nitrate and Nitrite, standard error Ammonium Ammonium, standard error Phosphate Phosphate, standard error Alkalinity, total Alkalinity, total, standard error Carbon, inorganic, dissolved Carbon, inorganic, dissolved, standard error Partial pressure of carbon dioxide water at sea surface temperature wet air Partial pressure of carbon dioxide water at sea surface temperature wet air, standard error Carbonate ion Barkley, Hannah C Cohen, Anne L Golbuu, Yimnang Starczak, V R DeCarlo, Thomas M Shamberger, K E F Changes in coral reef communities across a natural gradient in seawater pH ... |
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Ocean acidification threatens the survival of coral reef ecosystems worldwide. The negative effects of ocean acidification observed in many laboratory experiments have been seen in studies of naturally low-pH reefs, with little evidence to date for adaptation. Recently, we reported initial data suggesting that low-pH coral communities of the Palau Rock Islands appear healthy despite the extreme conditions in which they live. Here, we build on that observation with a comprehensive statistical analysis of benthic communities across Palau's natural acidification gradient. Our analysis revealed a shift in coral community composition but no impact of acidification on coral richness, coralline algae abundance, macroalgae cover, coral calcification, or skeletal density. However, coral bioerosion increased 11-fold as pH decreased from the barrier reefs to the Rock Island bays. Indeed, a comparison of the naturally low-pH coral reef systems studied so far revealed increased bioerosion to be the only consistent ... : In order to allow full comparability with other ocean acidification data sets, the R package seacarb (Gattuso et al, 2015) was used to compute a complete and consistent set of carbonate system variables, as described by Nisumaa et al. (2010). In this dataset the original values were archived in addition with the recalculated parameters (see related PI). The date of carbonate chemistry calculation is 2015-09-09. ... |
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Changes in coral reef communities across a natural gradient in seawater pH ... |
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Changes in coral reef communities across a natural gradient in seawater pH ... |
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Changes in coral reef communities across a natural gradient in seawater pH ... |
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