Echinometra sea urchins acclimatised to elevated pCO2 at volcanic vents outperform those under present-day pCO2 conditions

• Main Authors: Uthicke, Sven, Ebert, Thomas, Liddy, Michelle, Johansson, Charlotte, Fabricius, Katharina Elisabeth, Lamare, Miles
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2016
• Subjects: Alkalinity; total; Animalia; Aragonite saturation state; Benthic animals; Benthos; 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; CO2 vent; Coast and continental shelf; Diameter; Dobu_A; Dobu_B; Echinodermata; Echinometra sp.; Event label; EXP; Experiment; Field observation; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Growth/Morphology; Height; Identification; Location; Mass; OA-ICC; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); pH; Potentiometric; Potentiometric titration; Salinity; standard deviation; Single species; Size; South Pacific; Species; Temperature; water; Tropical; Type; Pacific; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.864044; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.864044

Rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations will significantly reduce ocean pH during the 21st century (ocean acidification, OA). This may hamper calcification in marine organisms such as corals and echinoderms, as shown in many laboratory-based experiments. Sea urchins are considered highly vulnerable to...