Seawater carbonate chemistry and taxonomic diversity of benthic communities under persistent natural CO2 disturbances

• Main Authors: González-Delgado, Sara, Wangensteen, Owen S, Sangil, Carlos, Hernández, Celso Agustín, Alfonso, Beatriz, Soto, Ana Z, Pérez-Portela, Rocío, Mariani, Stefano, Hernández, José Carlos
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2024
• Subjects: Alkalinity; total; standard deviation; Aragonite saturation state; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Calcite saturation state; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Class; CO2 vent; Coast and continental shelf; Community composition and diversity; Control_Zone_4; Entire community; Event label; Family; Field observation; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Genus; Group; Identification; Identity; Kingdom; North Atlantic; OA-ICC; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Order; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); pH; Phylum; Rank; Reads; Rocky-shore community; Salinity; Scientific name; Site; Species; Temperate; Temperature; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.967220; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.967220

Here, we explored the effects of ocean acidification on marine benthic communities using DNA metabarcoding to assess the diversity of algae and metazoans. Specifically, we examined the natural pH gradient generated by the Fuencaliente CO2 vent system, located near La Palma Island (Canary Islands).