Seawater carbonate chemistry, calcification and dissolution of a coral reef in the northern Red Sea, 2007

• Main Authors: Silverman, Jacob, Lazar, Boaz, Erez, Jonathan
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2007
• Subjects: Alkalinity; total; Alkalinity anomaly technique (Smith and Key; 1975); Aragonite saturation state; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Calcification/Dissolution; Calcification rate of calcium carbonate; Calcite saturation state; Calculated; see reference(s); Calculated using CO2SYS; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon; inorganic; dissolved; Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Coast and continental shelf; Date; DEPTH; water; Dissolution rate; standard deviation; Entire community; EPOCA; EUR-OCEANS; European network of excellence for Ocean Ecosystems Analysis; European Project on Ocean Acidification; Evaporation; daily total; Field observation; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; Macro-nutrients; OA-ICC; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); pH; pH meter (Radiometer PHM 93); Red Sea; Residence time; Rocky-shore community; Salinity; Temperate; Temperature; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.767586; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.767586

In this study we investigated the relations between community calcification of an entire coral reef in the northern Red Sea and annual changes in temperature, aragonite saturation and nutrient loading over a two year period. Summer (April-October) and winter (November-March) average calcification ra...