Seawater carbonate chemistry and growth of four North Atlantic bivalves

• Main Authors: Gao, Guang, Qu, Liming, Burgess, J Grant, Li, Xinshu, Xu, Juntian
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2019
• Subjects: Alkalinity; total; standard deviation; Aragonite saturation state; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; 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; Carotenoids; Chlorophyll a; Chlorophyll b; Chlorophyta; Coast and continental shelf; Electron transport rate; relative; Electron transport rate efficiency; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Generation span; North Atlantic; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.908180; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.908180

To understand how Ulva species might respond to salinity stress during future ocean acidification we cultured a green tide alga Ulva linza at various salinities (control salinity, 30 PSU; medium salinity, 20 PSU; low salinity, 10 PSU) and CO2 concentrations (400 and 1000 ppmv) for over 30 days. The...