Experimental results for Ecklonia radiata growth and in situ incubation experiments and in situ measurements of pH within E. radiata beds in south eastern Tasmania, supplement to: Britton, Damon; Cornwall, Christopher Edward; Revill, Andrew T; Hurd, Catriona L; Johnson, Craig R (2016): Ocean acidification reverses the positive effects of seawater pH fluctuations on growth and photosynthesis of the habitat-forming kelp, Ecklonia radiata. Scientific Reports, 6, 26036

• Main Authors: Britton, Damon, Cornwall, Christopher Edward, Revill, Andrew T, Hurd, Catriona L, Johnson, Craig R
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2016
• Subjects: Cornwall; Hurd; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.863968; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.863968

Ocean acidification (OA) is the reduction in seawater pH due to the absorption of human-released CO2 by the world's oceans. The average surface oceanic pH is predicted to decline by 0.4 units by 2100. However, kelp metabolically modifies seawater pH via photosynthesis and respiration in some te...