Putting prey and predator into the CO2 equation-qualitative and quantitative effects of ocean acidification on predator-prey interactions

• Main Authors: Ferrari, Maud C O, McCormick, Mark I, Munday, Philip L, Meekan, Mark, Dixson, Danielle L, Lonnstedt, Öona, Chivers, Douglas P
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2011
• Subjects: Alkalinity; total; standard error; Animalia; Aragonite saturation state; Behaviour; 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; Chordata; Coast and continental shelf; Containers and aquaria (20-1000 L or < 1 m**2); EXP; Experiment; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Group; Laboratory experiment; Lizard_Island_OA; Mortality; Mortality/Survival; Nekton; OA-ICC; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Pelagos; pH; Pomacentrus amboinensis; Pomacentrus chrysurus; Pomacentrus moluccensis; Pomacentrus nagasakiensis; Potentiometric; Potentiometric titration; Prey selectivity index; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.848084; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.848084

Little is known about the impact of ocean acidification on predator-prey dynamics. Herein, we examined the effect of carbon dioxide (CO(2)) on both prey and predator by letting one predatory reef fish interact for 24 h with eight small or large juvenile damselfishes from four congeneric species. Bot...