Physiological parameters from a long-term multiple stressor aquarium experiment with the cold-water coral Desmophyllum pertusum

We conducted a long-term (6 months) multiple stressor aquarium experiment with the cold-water coral Desmophyllum pertusum (syn. Lophelia pertusa) under future environmental conditions. The experiment with live corals consisted of four different treatments to investigate the combined effect of ocean...

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Main Authors: Beck, Kristina K, Hennige, Sebastian, Easton, Blair, Burns, Zoe, Kaye, Sarah, Peña Fernández, Marta, Barnhill, Kelsey Archer, Wolfram, Uwe, Roberts, J Murray
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2024
Subjects:
Buoyant weighing technique according to Jokiel et al. (1978)
Calculated
cold-water coral
Desmophyllum_pertusum_Sampling_Area_and_Period
Desmophyllum pertusum
dry mass
growth rate
respiration rate
oxygen
per polyp
Duration
experiment
Fibre optic oxygen and temperature probes (OXY-4 SMA
POF
PSt3
Pt100
PreSens)
growth rates
Health status
iAtlantic
Integrated Assessment of Atlantic Marine Ecosystems in Space and Time
Multiple-stressor
Remote operated vehicle
Respiration
ROV
Specimen identification
Tank number
Tisler Reef
Skagerrak
Treatment
Lophelia pertusa
Ocean acidification
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.965082
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.965082
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Summary:We conducted a long-term (6 months) multiple stressor aquarium experiment with the cold-water coral Desmophyllum pertusum (syn. Lophelia pertusa) under future environmental conditions. The experiment with live corals consisted of four different treatments to investigate the combined effect of ocean acidification, warming, deoxygenation and food limitation on their physiology: 1) control (9 °C, pH 8.1, 100 % oxygen, 100 % food availability), 2) multiple stressor with high feeding (12 °C, pH 7.7, 90 % oxygen, 100 % food availability), 3) multiple stressor with low feeding (12 °C, pH 7.7, 90 % oxygen, 50 % food availability) and 4) reduced oxygen (9 °C, pH 8.1, 90 % oxygen, 100 % food availability). Every treatment consisted of three replicate tanks with four live corals (treatments 1-4). The physiological parameters were determined after 1.5, 3, 4.5 and 6 months of the experiment. Growth rates were measured using the buoyant weighing technique (Jokiel et al. 1978) and respiration rates were conducted using closed-cell incubations.

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