Seawater carbonate chemistry and the behaviour and growth of a range extending tropical fish

• Main Authors: Mitchell, Angus, Hayes, Chloe, Booth, David J, Nagelkerken, Ivan
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2023
• Subjects: Abudefduf vaigiensis; Activity; Alkalinity; total; standard error; Animalia; Aragonite saturation state; Attack number; Atypichthys strigatus; Behaviour; Bicarbonate ion; Bite rate; Calcite saturation state; Calculated using CO2SYS; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon; inorganic; dissolved; Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Chordata; Coast and continental shelf; Containers and aquaria (20-1000 L or < 1 m**2); Distance; Fish; standard length; Freshwater_Beach; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Growth/Morphology; Growth rate; Identification; Incubation duration; Laboratory experiment; Latency time; Little_Manly_Cove; Nekton; OA-ICC; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Pelagos; pH; Potentiometric; Potentiometric titration; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.963580; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.963580

We used a controlled laboratory experiment to test the concurrent effects of projected future summer and winter ocean temperatures, ocean acidification, and novel species interaction on the behaviour and growth of range-extending tropical and co-shoaling native temperate fish species across a 38-day exposure period. Proxies for growth were somatic growth and length increase, while video recordings were used to examine a repertoire of behavioural proxies (aggression, activity, boldness and feeding).