Seawater carbonate chemistry and physiological performance of the rhodolith Sporolithon sp.

• Main Authors: Narvarte, Bienson Ceasar V, Nelson, Wendy A, Roleda, Michael Y
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2020
• Subjects: Alkalinity; total; standard error; Allophycocyanin; Ammonium uptake rate; Aragonite saturation state; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Biomass/Abundance/Elemental composition; Bottles or small containers/Aquaria (<20 L); Calcification/Dissolution; Calcification rate; Calcification rate of calcium carbonate; Calcite saturation state; Calculated using CO2SYS; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon; inorganic; dissolved; Carbon/Nitrogen ratio; Carbon/Phosphorus ratio; Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.924085; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.924085

Fish farming in coastal areas has become an important source of food to support the world's increasing population. However, intensive and unregulated mariculture activities have contributed to changing seawater carbonate chemistry through the production of high levels of respiratory CO2. This a...