Diverse coral communities in naturally acidified waters of a Western Pacific reef

• Main Authors: Shamberger, K E F, Cohen, Anne L, Golbuu, Yimnang, McCorkle, Daniel C, Lentz, S J, Barkley, Hannah C
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2014
• Subjects: Alkalinity; total; Aragonite saturation state; standard error; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Calcite saturation state; 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; Community composition and diversity; Coulometric titration; Coverage; Diversity; Entire community; EXP; Experiment; Field observation; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); North Pacific; OA-ICC; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Palauan_reef; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); pH; Potentiometric titration; Rocky-shore community; Salinity; Site; Species richness; Temperature; water; Tropical; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.833900; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.833900

Anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions are acidifying the oceans, reducing the concentration of carbonate ions ([CO32-) that calcifying organisms need to build and cement coral reefs. To date, studies of a handful of naturally acidified reef systems reveal depauperate communities, sometimes with red...