Effects of ocean acidification on population dynamics and community structure of crustose coralline algae

• Main Authors: Ordoñez, Alexandra, Doropoulos, Christopher, Diaz-Pulido, Guillermo
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2014
• Subjects: Abundance; Abundance per area; Alkalinity; total; standard error; Aragonite saturation state; Area in square milimeter; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Biomass/Abundance/Elemental composition; Bottles or small containers/Aquaria (<20 L); 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; Coverage; Entire community; EXP; Experiment; Figure; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Heron_Island_OA; Hydrolithon boreale; Hydrolithon sp.; Identification; Laboratory experiment; Neogoniolithon; OA-ICC; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); pH; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836793; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.836793

Calcification and growth of crustose coralline algae (CCA) are affected by elevated seawater pCO2 and associated changes in carbonate chemistry. However, the effects of ocean acidification (OA) on population and community-level responses of CCA have barely been investigated. We explored changes in c...