Effect of ocean warming and acidification on the early life stages of subtropical Acropora spicifera

• Main Authors: Foster, Taryn, Gilmour, J P, Chua, C M, Falter, James L, McCulloch, Malcolm T
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2015
• Subjects: Abrolhos_Islands; Acropora spicifera; Alkalinity; total; standard deviation; Animalia; Aragonite saturation state; Benthic animals; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Calcification/Dissolution; Calcification rate; standard error; 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; Cnidaria; 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); Laboratory experiment; Mass; Mortality/Survival; OA-ICC; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); pH; Registration number of species; Reproduction; Salinity; Settlement; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.864475; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.864475

This study investigated the impacts of acidified seawater (pCO2 900 µatm) and elevated water temperature (+3 °C) on the early life history stages of Acropora spicifera from the subtropical Houtman Abrolhos Islands (28°S) in Western Australia. Settlement rates were unaffected by high temperature (27...