Seawater carbonate chemistry and calcification, survival, concentrations of Symbiodiniaceae, chlorophyll a and protein of Caribbean corals

• Main Authors: Martinez, Ana, Crook, Elizabeth Derse, Barshis, Daniel J, Potts, Donald C, Rebolledo-Vieyra, Mario, Hernandez, Laura, Paytan, Adina
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2019
• Subjects: Alkalinity; total; standard error; Animalia; Aragonite saturation state; Area; Benthic animals; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Biomass/Abundance/Elemental composition; Calcification/Dissolution; Calcite saturation state; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon; inorganic; dissolved; Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Cell density; Chlorophyll a; Cnidaria; Coast and continental shelf; Density; Duration; EXP; Experiment; Field experiment; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Growth/Morphology; Identification; Laboratory strains; Linear extension; Mortality/Survival; North Atlantic; Number; OA-ICC; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Ojo_Laja; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); pH; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.913183; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.913183

Coral calcification is expected to decline as atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration increases. We assessed the potential of Porites astreoides, Siderastrea siderea and Porites porites to survive and calcify under acidified conditions in a 2-year field transplant experiment around low pH, low arag...