Seawater carbonate chemistry and calcification of branches and plates of Porites rus

• Main Authors: Lenz, E A, Edmunds, Peter J
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA
• Subjects: Alkalinity; total; Animalia; Aragonite saturation state; Benthic animals; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Biomass; Biomass/Abundance/Elemental composition; Calcification/Dissolution; Calcification rate of calcium carbonate; Calcite saturation state; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); 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); Cooks_Bay; EXP; Experiment; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Identification; Laboratory experiment; Light; Morphology; OA-ICC; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); pH; Porites rus; Salinity; Single species; South Pacific; Species; unique identification; unique identification (Semantic URI); unique identification (URI); Temperature; water; Treatment: light condition; Treatment: partial pressure of carbon dioxide; Treatment: temperature; Pacific; Rus’; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.956283; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.956283

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