Respiration rates of the cold-water coral Viminella flagellum during a land-based experiment testing the cumulative effect of Cu exposure and ocean acidification ...

• Main Authors: Martins, Ines, Mano, Beatriz, Godinho, Antonio, Goulart, Joana, Sire de Vilar, Anaïs, Carreiro-Silva, Marina
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: PANGAEA 2024
• Subjects: Experiment; Species, unique identification; Species, unique identification Semantic URI; Species, unique identification URI; Sample ID; Chamber number; Colony number/ID; Treatment; Time in days; Oxygen consumption; Laboratory experiment; Oxygen Dipping Probe, DP-PSt3, Fibox 4, PreSens; Integrated Assessment of Atlantic Marine Ecosystems in Space and Time iAtlantic; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.966768; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.966768

We report the results of a land-based experiment testing the cumulative effects of copper (Cu) exposure and ocean acidification (OA). Corals were obtained as by-catch during an experimental long-line fisheries campaign (CONDOR monitoring program, Okeanos-University of the Azores) on the Condor Seamount (38°54′N, 29°05′W), Azores Archipelago, at 200 m depth in October 2019. The experiment was undertaken at the DeepSeaLab aquaria facilities (Okeanos-University of the Azores) where corals were exposed to four OA/Cu-contamination scenarios: (1) ambient pCO2/pH level as measured in situ conditions (385 μatm/ pH 8.09); (2) high pCO2/reduced pH (IPCC RCP8.5 scenario, 1000 μatm/ pH 7.73); (3) ambient pCO2/pH level and additional Cu concentration (60 µg/l); (4) high pCO2/reduced pH and additional Cu concentration (60 µg/l). The pH/pCO2 modification was achieved by bubbling seawater with either pure CO2 (to increase pCO2) or CO2 low air (to decrease pCO2). The copper concentration used in this experiment followed a ... : Species: octocoral Viminella flagellum1. Experimental treatmentsTreatments8.1 + [0]: ambient pH plus no copper addition8.1 + [60]: ambient pH plus Cu concentration of 60 μg/l7.7 + [0]: low pH plus no copper addition7.7 + [60]: low pH plus Cu concentration of 60 μg/lExperiment duration: 9 days ...