Effect of ocean acidification and pH fluctuations on the growth and development of coralline algal recruits, and an associated benthic algal assemblage

• Main Authors: Roleda, Michael Y, Cornwall, Christopher Edward, Feng, Yuanyuan, McGraw, Christina M, Smith, Abigail M, Hurd, Catriona L
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2015
• Subjects: Alkalinity; total; standard error; Aragonite saturation state; Area; Arthrocardia corymbosa; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Biogenic silica per chlorophyll a; Biomass/Abundance/Elemental composition; Bottles or small containers/Aquaria (<20 L); Calcite saturation state; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon; inorganic; dissolved; Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Chlorophyll a/particulate organic carbon ratio; Coast and continental shelf; Date; EXP; Experiment; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Growth/Morphology; Growth rate; Karitane; Laboratory experiment; Macroalgae; Magnesium carbonate; magnesite; Number; OA-ICC; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.859434; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.859434

Coralline algae are susceptible to the changes in the seawater carbonate system associated with ocean acidification (OA). However, the coastal environments in which corallines grow are subject to large daily pH fluctuations which may affect their responses to OA. Here, we followed the growth and dev...