Seawater carbonate chemistry and biomarker pigments and phytoplankton community composition in different biogeochemical regions of the Southern Ocean

• Main Authors: Endo, H, Hattori, Hiroshi, Mishima, Tsubasa, Hashida, Gen, Sasaki, H, Nishioka, Jun, Suzuki, Koji
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2017
• Subjects: 19-Hexanoyloxyfucoxanthin; Alkalinity; total; standard deviation; Antarctic; Aragonite saturation state; Bicarbonate ion; Biomass/Abundance/Elemental composition; Bottles or small containers/Aquaria (<20 L); 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; Cell density; Chlorophyll a; Community composition and diversity; Entire community; Event label; EXP; Experiment; Fucoxanthin; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Initial slope of the photosynthesis-irradiance curve; Inorganic toxins; Laboratory experiment; Light saturated maximum photosynthetic rate; Light saturated maximum photosynthetic rate per Chlorophyll a; Light saturation; Maximum photochemical quantum yield of photosystem II; OA-ICC; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Open ocean; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Pelagos; Percentage; pH; Antarc*; Ocean acidification; Polar Biology; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.888447; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.888447

The ongoing rise in atmospheric CO2 concentration is causing rapid increases in seawater pCO2levels. However, little is known about the potential impacts of elevated CO2 availability on the phytoplankton assemblages in the Southern Ocean's oceanic regions. Therefore, we conducted four incubatio...