Seawater carbonate chemistry and the immune performance of Mercenaria mercenaria to infection by Vibrio species ...

• Main Authors: Schwaner, Caroline, Barbosa, Michelle, Connors, Peter, Park, Tae-Jin, de Silva, Darren, Griffith, Andrew W, Gobler, Christopher J, Espinosa, Emmanuelle Pales, Allam, Bassem
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: PANGAEA 2024
• Subjects: Animalia; Bacteria; Benthic animals; Benthos; Biomass/Abundance/Elemental composition; Coast and continental shelf; Containers and aquaria 20-1000 L or < 1 m**2; Entire community; Growth/Morphology; Heterotrophic prokaryotes; Immunology/Self-protection; Laboratory experiment; Mercenaria mercenaria; Mollusca; Mortality/Survival; North Atlantic; Other; Pelagos; Proteobacteria; Single species; Temperate; Vibrio sp.; Zooplankton; Type of study; Species, unique identification; Species, unique identification URI; Species, unique identification Semantic URI; Treatment; Time in days; Length; Duration; Width; Bacteria, abundance in colony forming units; Bacterial abundance, standard deviation; Time in hours; Individuals; Temperature, water; Temperature, water, standard deviation; pH; pH, standard deviation; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide water at sea surface temperature wet air; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide, standard deviation; Calcite saturation state; Calcite saturation state, standard deviation; Aragonite saturation state; Aragonite saturation state, standard deviation; Carbon, inorganic, dissolved; Carbon, inorganic, dissolved, standard deviation; Carbonate ion; Carbonate ion, standard deviation; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.967082; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.967082

This study was designed to assess the physiological cost of resilience to acidification in the hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria, also known as northern quahog). We examined growth and susceptibility to bacterial infection of larval and juvenile clams reared in seawater with altered pCO2. We specifically focused on changes in immune performances, measured as alterations of resistance of larvae and juveniles towards opportunistic Vibrio spp., among clams exposed to acidified seawater. By examining different life history stages, we were able to document differences in exposure time to acidification as well as potential carry-over effects. To determine if increased susceptibility to infection was direct or indirect, we examined the response of the Vibrio species used in the bacterial challenge to different pH treatments and their native presence in the treatment tanks prior to bacterial challenges. Furthermore, we determined if reduced immune function induced by exposure to acidification was permanent or if ... : In order to allow full comparability with other ocean acidification data sets, the R package seacarb (Gattuso et al, 2024) 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 by seacarb is 2024-03-28. ...