| Summary: | This study evaluated the effects of ocean acidification on the health, survival, fitness, and disease susceptibility of early life stage Pacific herring. Wild larvae were reared from hatching under three pCO2 treatments [low (~650 μatm), intermediate (~1,500 μatm), and high (~3,000 μatm)] to determine the effects of elevated pCO2 on larval growth, yolk consumption, and foraging capabilities and to evaluate how chronic exposure to elevated pCO2 affects long-term growth and maximum swimming speed. After prolonged exposure (98 d), we tested how elevated pCO2 experienced during development altered the susceptibility of juvenile Pacific herring to VHS following water-borne exposure to VHSV. This directory includes datasets for: 1) daily pH and temperature measurements from replicate rearing tanks; 2) carbon chemistry measurements from discrete seawater samples; 3) morphometric and feeding data for larval herring (1 - 16 days post hatch); 4) standard length measurements from larval and juvenile samples (1 - 98 days post hatch); 5) All dry mass measurements from larval and juvenile samples (1 - 98 days post hatch); 6) survival statistics for whole experiment ( 1- 98 days post hatch); 7) maximum swim speed measurements on juvenile herring; 8) disease challenge mortality and viral titer data; 8) a README file containing information on the dataset.
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