Seawater carbonate chemistry and carapace material properties, cuticle atomic weight composition, elemental concentrations and thickness of juvenile California spiny lobsters (Panulirus interruptus)

• Main Authors: Lowder, Kaitlyn, deVries, Maya S, Hattingh, Ruan, Day, James M D, Andersson, Andreas J, Zerofski, Phillip, Taylor, Jennifer
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2022
• Subjects: Alkalinity; total; standard deviation; Aluminium; Aluminium-27; Animalia; Aragonite saturation state; Arthropoda; Barium-137; Benthic animals; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Biomass/Abundance/Elemental composition; Body region; Boron-10; Bottles or small containers/Aquaria (<20 L); Calcite saturation state; Calcium; Calcium-43; Calcium-48; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon; inorganic; dissolved; Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Chlorine; Chromium-52; Coast and continental shelf; Comment; Copper-65; Cuticle layer; Device type; Distance; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Growth/Morphology; Hardness; Identification; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.952135; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.952135

Spiny lobsters rely on multiple biomineralized exoskeletal predator defenses that may be sensitive to ocean acidification (OA). Compromised mechanical integrity of these defensive structures may tilt predator-prey outcomes, leading to increased mortality in the lobsters' environment. Here, we t...