In situ growth and respiration rates of scleractinian corals from a crosstransplant experiment carried out in Comau Fjord, Chile, 2016 ...
The ongoing anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) release into the atmosphere is leading to a concurrent increase of CO2 in the oceans, resulting in a reduction of pH through ocean acidification. Though cold-water corals are thought to be highly vulnerable, previous studies have shown that some of them...
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PANGAEA
2016
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.874981 https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.874981 |
| Summary: | The ongoing anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) release into the atmosphere is leading to a concurrent increase of CO2 in the oceans, resulting in a reduction of pH through ocean acidification. Though cold-water corals are thought to be highly vulnerable, previous studies have shown that some of them may be resilient to lower pH values. Chile's Comau fjord shows a pronounced horizontal pH gradient, partly reaching such low pH values as they are predicted for most oceans by the end of the century, offering the opportunity to conduct in situ experiments investigating the effects of reduced pH regimes. Two coral species that are abundant and ecologically important in the fjord Comau, Tethocyathus endesa and Caryophyllia huinayensis, were used in a reciprocal cross-transplantation experiment in 2014 - 2016 between sites of high and low pH to investigate the influence of different pH regimes on the corals. An interspecific comparison of the respiration rates, mass and calyx surface area increase in 2015 - 2016 and ... : This dataset was generated within the framework of the co-operation between the Huinay Scientific Field Station (http://www.huinay.cl) and the Alfred Wegener Institute ... |
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