Seawater carbonate chemistry, structural and chemical characteristics of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum in an situ CO2 enrichment experiment

• Main Authors: Campbell, Justin E, Fourqurean, James W
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2013
• Subjects: Alkalinity; total; Aragonite saturation state; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Calcite saturation state; Calculated using CO2SYS; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbohydrates; non structural; standard error; Carbon; inorganic; dissolved; Carbon/Nitrogen ratio; Carbon/Phosphorus ratio; Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Coast and continental shelf; Containers and aquaria (20-1000 L or < 1 m**2); EXP; Experiment; Field experiment; Florida_Keys; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Growth/Morphology; Identification; Incubation duration; Leaf; growth rate; Leaf area per shoot; Mass per shoot; Nitrogen/Phosphorus ratio; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.824407; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.824407

Seagrasses commonly display carbon-limited photosynthetic rates. Thus, increases in atmospheric pCO2, and consequentially oceanic CO2(aq) concentrations, may prove beneficial. While addressed in mesocosms, these hypotheses have not been tested in the field with manipulative experimentation. This stu...