Growth response of an early successional assemblage of coralline algae and benthic diatoms to ocean acidification

• Main Authors: James, Rebecca K, Hepburn, Christopher D, Cornwall, Christopher Edward, McGraw, Christina M, Hurd, Catriona L
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2014
• Subjects: Alkalinity; total; standard error; Aragonite saturation state; Area; Area in square milimeter; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Bottles or small containers/Aquaria (<20 L); Calcite saturation state; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon; inorganic; dissolved; Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Category; Coast and continental shelf; Community composition and diversity; Entire community; EXP; Experiment; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Growth/Morphology; Huriawa_Peninsula; Laboratory experiment; OA-ICC; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Percentage; pH; standard deviation; Potentiometric; Potentiometric titration; Rocky-shore community; Salinity; South Pacific; Species; Temperate; Temperature; water; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.833741; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.833741

The sustained absorption of anthropogenically released atmospheric CO2 by the oceans is modifying seawater carbonate chemistry, a process termed ocean acidification (OA). By the year 2100, the worst case scenario is a decline in the average oceanic surface seawater pH by 0.3 units to 7.75. The chang...