UK Ocean Acidification flume mesocosm data quantifying the response of sediment microbial communities and N-cycling functional guilds to high CO2.
A custom-built flume (mesocosm) facility was used to manipulate CO2 and temperature in order to test the impacts of seawater acidification and warming on microbial taxonomic marker and nitrogen cycling-gene abundances in both muddy and sandy coastal sediments. Experimental treatment levels contained...
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| Format: | Dataset |
| Language: | English |
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British Oceanographic Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council
2017
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/559dfa45-285a-4323-e053-6c86abc0ed6c https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/559dfa45-285a-4323-e053-6c86abc0ed6c/ |
| Summary: | A custom-built flume (mesocosm) facility was used to manipulate CO2 and temperature in order to test the impacts of seawater acidification and warming on microbial taxonomic marker and nitrogen cycling-gene abundances in both muddy and sandy coastal sediments. Experimental treatment levels contained representatives of present day CO2 and temperature levels and of those expected by 2100 under a 'business-as-usual' scenario (IPCC, 2007), with an emphasis on the interactive effects of reduced pH and increased sea water temperature on benthic microorganisms. |
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