Effects of pCO2 on spatial competition between the corals Montipora aequituberculata and Porites lutea

• Main Authors: Evensen, Nicolas R, Edmunds, Peter J, Sakai, Kazuhiko
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2015
• Subjects: Alkalinity; total; standard error; Animalia; Aragonite saturation state; Benthic animals; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Calcite saturation state; Calculated using seacarb; 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); Event label; EXP; Experiment; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Growth/Morphology; Identification; Laboratory experiment; LATITUDE; Linear extension; Location; LONGITUDE; Montipora aequituberculata; Moorea_coral; North Pacific; OA-ICC; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Okinawa; Other; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); pH; Porites lutea; Potentiometric; Potentiometric titration; Registration number of species; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.868434; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.868434

We tested the hypothesis that ocean acidification (OA) affects spatial competition among scleractinian corals. Competitive ability was evaluated indirectly by linear extension of Porites lutea and Montipora aequituberculata placed in intraspecific, interspecific, and control pairings (paired with de...