Marubini, Francesca; Ferrier-Pagès, Christine; Furla, Paola; Allemand, Denis (2008): Seawater carbonate chemistry during experiments with Stylophora pistillata, 2008 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.721770, Supplement to: Marubini, F et al. (2008): Coral calcification responds to seawater acidification: a working hypothesis towards a physiological mechanism. Coral Reefs, 27(3), 491-499, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-008-0375-6
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Abstract:
The decrease in the saturation state of seawater, following seawater acidification, is believed to be the main factor leading to a decrease in the calcification of marine organisms. To provide a physiological explanation for this phenomenon, the effect of seawater acidification was studied on the calcification and photosynthesis of the scleractinian tropical coral Stylophora pistillata. Coral nubbins were incubated for 8 days at three different pH (7.6, 8.0, and 8.2). To differentiate between the effects of the various components of the carbonate chemistry (pH, CO32, HCO3, CO2), tanks were also maintained under similar pH, but with 2-mM HCO3 added to the seawater. The addition of 2-mM bicarbonate significantly increased the photosynthesis in S. pistillata, suggesting carbon-limited conditions. Conversely, photosynthesis was insensitive to changes in pH and pCO2. Seawater acidification decreased coral calcification by ca. 0.1-mg CaCO3 g-1 d-1 for a decrease of 0.1 pH units. This correlation suggested that seawater acidification affected coral calcification by decreasing the availability of the CO32 substrate for calcification. However, the decrease in coral calcification could also be attributed either to a decrease in extra- or intracellular pH or to a change in the buffering capacity of the medium, impairing supply of CO32 from HCO3.
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Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), grant/award no. 511106: European network of excellence for Ocean Ecosystems Analysis
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In order to allow full comparability with other ocean acidification data sets, the R package seacarb (Lavigne and Gattuso, 2011) was used to compute a complete and consistent set of carbonate system variables, as described by Nisumaa et al. (2010). In this dataset the original values were archived in addition with the recalculated parameters (see related PI).
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
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102 data points
Data
1 Exp treat | 2 CSC flag (Calculated using seacarb afte...) | 3 Temp [°C] | 4 Sal | 5 PAR [µmol/m2/s] (Infrared gas analyzer (LI-COR...) | 6 pH (Seawater scale, Measured) | 7 pH (Total scale, Calculated using...) | 8 AT [µmol/kg] (Titration potentiometric (Met...) | 9 DIC [µmol/kg] (Calculated using seacarb afte...) | 10 CO2 [µmol/kg] (Calculated using seacarb afte...) | 11 [CO3]2- [µmol/kg] (Calculated using seacarb afte...) | 12 [HCO3]- [µmol/kg] (Calculated using seacarb afte...) | 13 pCO2water_SST_wet [µatm] (Calculated using seacarb afte...) | 14 fCO2water_SST_wet [µatm] (Calculated using seacarb afte...) | 15 Omega Arg (Calculated using seacarb afte...) | 16 Omega Cal (Calculated using seacarb afte...) | 17 Calc rate CaCO3 [mg/g/day] (Buoyant weighing technique ac...) |
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Treatment BA 7.6pH | 15 | 26.5 | 38.3 | 300 | 7.58 | 7.59 | 2314 | 2204 | 35.5 | 99.1 | 2069 | 1323 | 1318.61 | 1.54 | 2.32 | 14.67 |
Treatment BA 8.0pH | 15 | 26.5 | 38.3 | 300 | 7.97 | 7.98 | 2544 | 2224 | 13.8 | 232.5 | 1978 | 515 | 513.56 | 3.62 | 5.44 | 17.73 |
Treatment BA 8.2pH | 15 | 26.5 | 38.3 | 300 | 8.19 | 8.20 | 2749 | 2243 | 7.9 | 364.8 | 1870 | 293 | 292.69 | 5.68 | 8.54 | 21.00 |
Treatment BE 7.6pH | 15 | 26.5 | 38.3 | 300 | 7.56 | 7.57 | 3905 | 3762 | 63.5 | 161.7 | 3537 | 2367 | 2360.11 | 2.52 | 3.79 | 18.90 |
Treatment BE 8.0pH | 15 | 26.5 | 38.3 | 300 | 7.95 | 7.96 | 4342 | 3881 | 25.3 | 389.1 | 3466 | 945 | 942.48 | 6.06 | 9.11 | 24.16 |
Treatment BE 8.2pH | 15 | 26.5 | 38.3 | 300 | 8.16 | 8.17 | 4657 | 3927 | 14.9 | 602.6 | 3310 | 556 | 554.90 | 9.39 | 14.11 | 24.60 |