Seawater carbonate chemistry, calcification, primary production and respiration of a temperate rhodolith Lithothamnion corallioides in a laboratory experiment

• Main Authors: Noisette, Fanny, Duong, Gwendoline, Six, Christophe, Davoult, Dominique, Martin, Sophie
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2013
• Subjects: Alkalinity; total; standard error; Alkalinity anomaly technique (Smith and Key; 1975); Aquarium number; Aragonite saturation state; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Bottles or small containers/Aquaria (<20 L); Calcification/Dissolution; Calcification rate of calcium carbonate; Calcite saturation state; Calculated; Calculated using CO2SYS; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon; inorganic; dissolved; Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Carotene; Chlorophyll a; Coast and continental shelf; EPOCA; European Project on Ocean Acidification; EXP; Experiment; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Gross photosynthesis rate; oxygen; Irradiance; Laboratory experiment; Lithothamnion corallioides; Macroalgae; North Atlantic; OA-ICC; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.830639; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.830639

Coralline algae are considered among the most sensitive species to near future ocean acidification. We tested the effects of elevated pCO2 on the metabolism of the free-living coralline alga Lithothamnion corallioides ("maerl") and the interactions with changes in temperature. Specimens we...