Seawater carbonate chemistry and changes in coral reef community structure in response to year‑long incubations under contrasting pCO2 regimes

• Main Authors: Edmunds, Peter J, Doo, Steve S, Carpenter, Robert C
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2023
• Subjects: Alkalinity; total; Animalia; Aragonite saturation state; Area; Benthic animals; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Calcification/Dissolution; 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; Community composition and diversity; Containers and aquaria (20-1000 L or < 1 m**2); Dry mass; Entire community; EXP; Experiment; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Group; Identification; Laboratory experiment; Lithophyllum kotschyanum; Macroalgae; massive Porites; Month; Montipora sp.; Moorea_coral; Number; OA-ICC; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); pH; Plantae; Pocillopora verrucosa; Porites rus; Porolithon onkodes; Potentiometric; Potentiometric titration; Rhodophyta; Rocky-shore community; Salinity; Single species; Rus’; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.959725; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.959725

Coral reefs are threatened by ocean acidification (OA), which depresses net calcification of corals, calcified algae, and coral reef communities. These effects have been quantified for many organisms, but most experiments last weeks-to-months, and do not test for effects on community structure. Here...