Sea urchin response to rising pCO2 shows ocean acidification may fundamentally alter the chemistry of marine skeletons

• Main Authors: Bray, Laura, Pancucci-Papadopulou, M A, Hall-Spencer, Jason M
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2014
• Subjects: Alkalinity; total; standard error; Animalia; Aragonite saturation state; Arbacia lixula; Arsenic; Benthic animals; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Biomass/Abundance/Elemental composition; Bromine; Calcite saturation state; Calcium oxide; Calculated using CO2SYS; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon; inorganic; dissolved; Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Cerium; Chromium; CO2 vent; Copper; Date; Echinodermata; Field observation; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Hafnium; Hellenic_Volcanic_Arc; Individuals; Iron oxide; Fe2O3; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; Manganese; Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean Sea Acidification in a Changing Climate; MedSeA; Molybdenum; Nickel; OA-ICC; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Paracentrotus lividus; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.834210; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.834210

Ocean acidification caused by an increase in pCO2 is expected to drastically affect marine ecosystem composition, yet there is much uncertainty about the mechanisms through which ecosystems may be affected. Here we studied sea urchins that are common and important grazers in the Mediterranean (Parac...