Data from: Parasitic infection: a buffer against ocean acidification? ...

• Main Authors: MacLeod, Colin D., Poulin, Robert
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2016
• Subjects: Acanthoparyphium sp.; Maritrema novaezealandensis; Zeacumantus subcarinatus; Philophthalmus sp.; Tolerance; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h8j57; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.h8j57

Recently, there has been a concerted research effort by marine scientists to quantify the sensitivity of marine organisms to ocean acidification (OA). Empirical data generated by this research have been used to predict changes to marine ecosystem health, biodiversity and productivity that will be caused by continued acidification. These studies have also found that the effects of OA on marine organisms can be significantly modified by additional abiotic stressors (e.g. temperature or oxygen) and biotic interactions (e.g. competition or predation). To date, however, the effects of parasitic infection on the sensitivity of marine organisms to OA have been largely ignored. We show that parasitic infection significantly altered the response of a marine gastropod to simulated OA conditions by reducing the mortality of infected individuals relative to uninfected conspecifics. Without the inclusion of infection data, our analysis would not have detected the significant effect of pH on host mortality. These results ... : MacLeodPoulin_2016_BLSnail survival data ...