Seawater carbonate chemistry and plasticity of symbiont acquisition in new recruits of the massive coral Platygyra daedalea

• Main Authors: Jiang, Lei, Zhou, Guowei, Zhang, Yuyang, Lei, Xinming, Yuan, Tao, Guo, Ming-Lan, Yuan, Xiangcheng, Lian, Jian-Sheng, Liu, S, Huang, Hui
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2021
• Subjects: Alkalinity; total; standard deviation; Animalia; Aragonite saturation state; Benthic animals; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Calcite saturation state; Calculated using CO2SYS; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Calculated using seacarb after Orr et al. (2018); 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); Day of experiment; Diameter; EXP; Experiment; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Fugacity of carbon dioxide in seawater; Growth/Morphology; Infection; Laboratory experiment; Luhuitou_fringing_reef; Mortality/Survival; North Pacific; Pacific; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.941568; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.941568

Symbiosis establishment is a milestone in the life cycles of most broadcast-spawning corals; however, it remains largely unknown how initial symbiont infection is affected by ocean warming and acidification, particularly for massive corals. This study investigated the combined effects of elevated te...