Natural high pCO2 increases autotrophy in Anemonia viridis (Anthozoa) as revealed from stable isotope (C, N) analysis

• Main Authors: Horwitz, Rael, Borell, Esther M, Yam, Ruth, Shemesh, Aldo, Fine, Maoz
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2015
• Subjects: Absolute protein content; Alkalinity; total; standard deviation; Anemonia viridis; Animalia; Aragonite saturation state; Benthic animals; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Biomass/Abundance/Elemental composition; Calcite saturation state; Calculated using CO2SYS; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon; inorganic; dissolved; Carbon/Nitrogen ratio; Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Chlorophyll a per cell; Cnidaria; CO2 vent; Coast and continental shelf; EXP; Experiment; Field observation; Figure; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Levante_Bay_OA; Mediterranean Sea; Mitotic index; OA-ICC; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.846688; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.846688

Contemporary cnidarian-algae symbioses are challenged by increasing CO2 concentrations (ocean warming and acidification) affecting organisms' biological performance. We examined the natural variability of carbon and nitrogen isotopes in the symbiotic sea anemone Anemonia viridis to investigate...