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Porzio, Lucia; Buia, Maria-Cristina; Hall-Spencer, Jason M (2011): Macroalgal communities of gas vents near Ischia island in the Medterranean sea, 2011 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.761767, Supplement to: Porzio, L et al. (2011): Effects of ocean acidification on macroalgal communities. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 400(1-2), 278-287, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.02.011

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Abstract:
There are high levels of uncertainty about how coastal ecosystems will be affected by rapid ocean acidification caused by anthropogenic CO2, due to a lack of data. The few experiments to date have been short-term (< 1 year) and reveal mixed responses depending on the species examined and the culture conditions used. It is difficult to carry out long-term manipulations of CO2 levels, therefore areas with naturally high CO2 levels are being used to help understand which species, habitats and processes are resilient to the effects of ocean acidification, and which are adversely affected. Here we describe the effects of increasing CO2 levels on macroalgal communities along a pH gradient caused by volcanic vents.
Macroalgal habitat differed at taxonomic and morphological group levels along a pH gradient. The vast majority of the 101 macroalgal species studied were able to grow with only a 5% decrease in species richness as the mean pH fell from 8.1 to 7.8. However, this small fall in species richness was associated with shifts in community structure as the cover of turf algae decreased disproportionately. Calcitic species were significantly reduced in cover and species richness whereas a few non-calcified species became dominant. At mean pH 6.7, where carbonate saturation levels were < 1, calcareous species were absent and there was a 72% fall in species richness. Under these extremely high CO2 conditions a few species dominated the simplified macroalgal assemblage and a very few exhibited enhanced reproduction, although high CO2 levels seemed to inhibit reproduction in others.
Our data show that many macroalgal species are tolerant of long-term elevations in CO2 levels but that macroalgal habitats are altered significantly as pH drops, contributing to a scant but growing body of evidence concerning the long-term effects of CO2 emissions in vegetated marine systems. Further study is now needed to investigate whether the observed response of macroalgal communities can be replicated in different seasons and from a range of geographical regions for incorporation into global modelling studies to predict effects of CO2 emissions on Earth's ecosystems.
Funding:
Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), grant/award no. 211384: European Project on Ocean Acidification
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 40.730667 * Median Longitude: 13.963400 * South-bound Latitude: 40.730400 * West-bound Longitude: 13.963300 * North-bound Latitude: 40.731000 * East-bound Longitude: 13.963500
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
LATITUDELatitudeGeocode
LONGITUDELongitudeGeocode
SiteSiteBuia, Maria-Cristina
SpeciesSpeciesBuia, Maria-Cristina
pHpHBuia, Maria-Cristina
CoverageCov%Buia, Maria-Cristina
Size:
1224 data points

Data

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Longitude

Site

Species

pH

Cov [%]
40.731013.9633S1Falkenbergia sp.8.10.16
40.731013.9633S1Acrothamnion preissii8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Aglaothamnion bipinnatum8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Aglaothamnion diaphanum8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Anotrichium tenue8.10.02
40.731013.9633S1Antithamnion cruciatum8.10.01
40.731013.9633S1Antithamnion sp.8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Centroceras clavulatum8.10.01
40.731013.9633S1Ceramium circinatum8.10.26
40.731013.9633S1Ceramium codii8.10.03
40.731013.9633S1Ceramium diaphanum8.10.02
40.731013.9633S1Ceramium flaccidum8.10.28
40.731013.9633S1Crouania attenuata8.10.03
40.731013.9633S1Griffithsia phyllamphora8.11.11
40.731013.9633S1Monosporus pedicellatus8.10.02
40.731013.9633S1Ptilothamnion sphaericum8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Spermothamnion repens8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Spermothamnion strictum8.10.04
40.731013.9633S1Champia parvula8.10.20
40.731013.9633S1Amphiroa criptarthrodia8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Amphiroa rigida8.110.28
40.731013.9633S1Choreonema thuretii8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Corallina elongata8.11.87
40.731013.9633S1Corallina officinalis8.10.56
40.731013.9633S1Corallinaceae8.10.04
40.731013.9633S1Hydrolithon boreale8.10.11
40.731013.9633S1Hydrolithon cruciatum8.12.53
40.731013.9633S1Hydrolithon farinosum8.10.06
40.731013.9633S1Jania rubens8.169.22
40.731013.9633S1Lithophyllum incrustans8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Lithophyllum sp.8.12.69
40.731013.9633S1Mesophyllum sp.8.11.83
40.731013.9633S1Neogoniolithon brassica-florida8.12.90
40.731013.9633S1Phymatolithon cfr lenormandii8.17.79
40.731013.9633S1Phymatolithon lenormandii8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Pneophyllum fragile8.10.18
40.731013.9633S1Titanoderma pustulatum8.10.02
40.731013.9633S1Titanoderma sp.8.10.06
40.731013.9633S1Dasya baillouviana8.10.03
40.731013.9633S1Dasya corymbifera8.10.83
40.731013.9633S1Dasya hutchinsiae8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Dasya rigidula8.10.12
40.731013.9633S1Heterosiphonia crispella8.10.57
40.731013.9633S1Nitophyllum punctatum8.10.48
40.731013.9633S1Gelidiella pannosa8.10.70
40.731013.9633S1Gelidium bipectinatum8.10.29
40.731013.9633S1Gelidium minusculum8.10.03
40.731013.9633S1Pterocladiella capillacea8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Chondracanthus acicularis8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Hildenbrandia rubra8.13.18
40.731013.9633S1Meredithia microphylla8.10.02
40.731013.9633S1Peyssonnelia armorica8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Peyssonnelia bornetii8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Peyssonnelia cfr rubra8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Peyssonnelia dubyi8.10.20
40.731013.9633S1Peyssonnelia polymorpha8.14.22
40.731013.9633S1Peyssonnelia rosa-marina8.14.67
40.731013.9633S1Peyssonnelia squamaria8.13.87
40.731013.9633S1Phyllophora crispa8.13.07
40.731013.9633S1Phyllophora sicula8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Contarinia squamariae8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Chondrophycus papillosus8.10.07
40.731013.9633S1Herposiphonia secunda8.10.42
40.731013.9633S1Herposiphonia secunda f. tenella8.10.60
40.731013.9633S1Herposiphonia sp.8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Laurencia obtusa8.15.69
40.731013.9633S1Lophosiphonia cristata8.10.59
40.731013.9633S1Osmundea truncata8.10.22
40.731013.9633S1Polysiphonia denudata8.10.04
40.731013.9633S1Polysiphonia fibrata8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Polysiphonia scopulorum8.10.91
40.731013.9633S1Feldmannia irregularis8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Dictyopteris polypodioides8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Dictyota dichotoma8.16.09
40.731013.9633S1Dictyota linearis8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Dictyota spiralis8.12.31
40.731013.9633S1Lobophora variegata8.13.60
40.731013.9633S1Padina pavonica8.11.67
40.731013.9633S1Cystoseira amentacea var. stricta8.11.61
40.731013.9633S1Sargassum vulgare8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Cladostephus spongiosus8.10.02
40.731013.9633S1Sphacelaria cirrosa8.10.02
40.731013.9633S1Sphacelaria rigidula8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Sphacelaria sp.8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Sphacelaria tribuloides8.13.67
40.731013.9633S1Halopteris filicina8.10.02
40.731013.9633S1Stypocaulon scoparium8.13.56
40.731013.9633S1Bryopsis plumosa8.12.33
40.731013.9633S1Chaetomorpha linum8.10.02
40.731013.9633S1Cladophora dalmatica8.10.03
40.731013.9633S1Cladophora flexuosa8.10.02
40.731013.9633S1Cladophora laetevirens8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Cladophora pellucida8.10.00
40.731013.9633S1Cladophora prolifera8.10.24
40.731013.9633S1Cladophora rupestris8.10.44
40.731013.9633S1Cladophora sericea8.10.03
40.731013.9633S1Cladophora socialis8.10.01
40.731013.9633S1Halimeda tuna8.10.38
40.731013.9633S1Parvocaulis parvulum8.10.12
40.731013.9633S1Flabellia petiolata8.120.33
40.731013.9633S1Pseudochlorodesmis furcellata8.11.01
40.731013.9633S1Valonia utricularis8.128.50
40.730613.9634S2Falkenbergia sp.7.80.04
40.730613.9634S2Acrothamnion preissii7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Aglaothamnion bipinnatum7.80.03
40.730613.9634S2Aglaothamnion diaphanum7.80.03
40.730613.9634S2Anotrichium tenue7.80.05
40.730613.9634S2Antithamnion cruciatum7.80.02
40.730613.9634S2Antithamnion sp.7.80.02
40.730613.9634S2Centroceras clavulatum7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Ceramium circinatum7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Ceramium codii7.80.01
40.730613.9634S2Ceramium diaphanum7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Ceramium flaccidum7.80.10
40.730613.9634S2Crouania attenuata7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Griffithsia phyllamphora7.81.27
40.730613.9634S2Monosporus pedicellatus7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Ptilothamnion sphaericum7.80.01
40.730613.9634S2Spermothamnion repens7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Spermothamnion strictum7.80.01
40.730613.9634S2Champia parvula7.80.21
40.730613.9634S2Amphiroa criptarthrodia7.80.33
40.730613.9634S2Amphiroa rigida7.83.56
40.730613.9634S2Choreonema thuretii7.80.01
40.730613.9634S2Corallina elongata7.80.44
40.730613.9634S2Corallina officinalis7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Corallinaceae7.80.14
40.730613.9634S2Hydrolithon boreale7.80.04
40.730613.9634S2Hydrolithon cruciatum7.818.53
40.730613.9634S2Hydrolithon farinosum7.80.03
40.730613.9634S2Jania rubens7.810.09
40.730613.9634S2Lithophyllum incrustans7.81.22
40.730613.9634S2Lithophyllum sp.7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Mesophyllum sp.7.84.61
40.730613.9634S2Neogoniolithon brassica-florida7.80.22
40.730613.9634S2Phymatolithon cfr lenormandii7.82.94
40.730613.9634S2Phymatolithon lenormandii7.80.36
40.730613.9634S2Pneophyllum fragile7.80.06
40.730613.9634S2Titanoderma pustulatum7.80.16
40.730613.9634S2Titanoderma sp.7.80.11
40.730613.9634S2Dasya baillouviana7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Dasya corymbifera7.80.49
40.730613.9634S2Dasya hutchinsiae7.80.01
40.730613.9634S2Dasya rigidula7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Heterosiphonia crispella7.80.14
40.730613.9634S2Nitophyllum punctatum7.80.16
40.730613.9634S2Gelidiella pannosa7.80.31
40.730613.9634S2Gelidium bipectinatum7.80.18
40.730613.9634S2Gelidium minusculum7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Pterocladiella capillacea7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Chondracanthus acicularis7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Hildenbrandia rubra7.84.44
40.730613.9634S2Meredithia microphylla7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Peyssonnelia armorica7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Peyssonnelia bornetii7.80.33
40.730613.9634S2Peyssonnelia cfr rubra7.80.02
40.730613.9634S2Peyssonnelia dubyi7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Peyssonnelia polymorpha7.81.50
40.730613.9634S2Peyssonnelia rosa-marina7.82.44
40.730613.9634S2Peyssonnelia squamaria7.88.86
40.730613.9634S2Phyllophora crispa7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Phyllophora sicula7.80.01
40.730613.9634S2Contarinia squamariae7.80.03
40.730613.9634S2Chondrophycus papillosus7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Herposiphonia secunda7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Herposiphonia secunda f. tenella7.80.06
40.730613.9634S2Herposiphonia sp.7.80.01
40.730613.9634S2Laurencia obtusa7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Lophosiphonia cristata7.80.57
40.730613.9634S2Osmundea truncata7.80.07
40.730613.9634S2Polysiphonia denudata7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Polysiphonia fibrata7.80.02
40.730613.9634S2Polysiphonia scopulorum7.80.42
40.730613.9634S2Feldmannia irregularis7.80.01
40.730613.9634S2Dictyopteris polypodioides7.80.01
40.730613.9634S2Dictyota dichotoma7.81.34
40.730613.9634S2Dictyota linearis7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Dictyota spiralis7.81.67
40.730613.9634S2Lobophora variegata7.88.39
40.730613.9634S2Padina pavonica7.80.92
40.730613.9634S2Cystoseira amentacea var. stricta7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Sargassum vulgare7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Cladostephus spongiosus7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Sphacelaria cirrosa7.80.18
40.730613.9634S2Sphacelaria rigidula7.80.01
40.730613.9634S2Sphacelaria sp.7.80.01
40.730613.9634S2Sphacelaria tribuloides7.80.90
40.730613.9634S2Halopteris filicina7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Stypocaulon scoparium7.81.00
40.730613.9634S2Bryopsis plumosa7.80.37
40.730613.9634S2Chaetomorpha linum7.80.01
40.730613.9634S2Cladophora dalmatica7.80.02
40.730613.9634S2Cladophora flexuosa7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Cladophora laetevirens7.80.01
40.730613.9634S2Cladophora pellucida7.80.12
40.730613.9634S2Cladophora prolifera7.80.64
40.730613.9634S2Cladophora rupestris7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Cladophora sericea7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Cladophora socialis7.80.00
40.730613.9634S2Halimeda tuna7.80.19
40.730613.9634S2Parvocaulis parvulum7.80.06
40.730613.9634S2Flabellia petiolata7.866.22
40.730613.9634S2Pseudochlorodesmis furcellata7.81.14
40.730613.9634S2Valonia utricularis7.82.57
40.730413.9635S3Falkenbergia sp.6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Acrothamnion preissii6.70.01
40.730413.9635S3Aglaothamnion bipinnatum6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Aglaothamnion diaphanum6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Anotrichium tenue6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Antithamnion cruciatum6.70.42
40.730413.9635S3Antithamnion sp.6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Centroceras clavulatum6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Ceramium circinatum6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Ceramium codii6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Ceramium diaphanum6.70.02
40.730413.9635S3Ceramium flaccidum6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Crouania attenuata6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Griffithsia phyllamphora6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Monosporus pedicellatus6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Ptilothamnion sphaericum6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Spermothamnion repens6.70.01
40.730413.9635S3Spermothamnion strictum6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Champia parvula6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Amphiroa criptarthrodia6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Amphiroa rigida6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Choreonema thuretii6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Corallina elongata6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Corallina officinalis6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Corallinaceae6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Hydrolithon boreale6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Hydrolithon cruciatum6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Hydrolithon farinosum6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Jania rubens6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Lithophyllum incrustans6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Lithophyllum sp.6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Mesophyllum sp.6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Neogoniolithon brassica-florida6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Phymatolithon cfr lenormandii6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Phymatolithon lenormandii6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Pneophyllum fragile6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Titanoderma pustulatum6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Titanoderma sp.6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Dasya baillouviana6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Dasya corymbifera6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Dasya hutchinsiae6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Dasya rigidula6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Heterosiphonia crispella6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Nitophyllum punctatum6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Gelidiella pannosa6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Gelidium bipectinatum6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Gelidium minusculum6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Pterocladiella capillacea6.70.50
40.730413.9635S3Chondracanthus acicularis6.74.96
40.730413.9635S3Hildenbrandia rubra6.726.28
40.730413.9635S3Meredithia microphylla6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Peyssonnelia armorica6.70.17
40.730413.9635S3Peyssonnelia bornetii6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Peyssonnelia cfr rubra6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Peyssonnelia dubyi6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Peyssonnelia polymorpha6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Peyssonnelia rosa-marina6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Peyssonnelia squamaria6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Phyllophora crispa6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Phyllophora sicula6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Contarinia squamariae6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Chondrophycus papillosus6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Herposiphonia secunda6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Herposiphonia secunda f. tenella6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Herposiphonia sp.6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Laurencia obtusa6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Lophosiphonia cristata6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Osmundea truncata6.74.70
40.730413.9635S3Polysiphonia denudata6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Polysiphonia fibrata6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Polysiphonia scopulorum6.70.03
40.730413.9635S3Feldmannia irregularis6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Dictyopteris polypodioides6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Dictyota dichotoma6.744.17
40.730413.9635S3Dictyota linearis6.70.26
40.730413.9635S3Dictyota spiralis6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Lobophora variegata6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Padina pavonica6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Cystoseira amentacea var. stricta6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Sargassum vulgare6.722.17
40.730413.9635S3Cladostephus spongiosus6.72.57
40.730413.9635S3Sphacelaria cirrosa6.70.09
40.730413.9635S3Sphacelaria rigidula6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Sphacelaria sp.6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Sphacelaria tribuloides6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Halopteris filicina6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Stypocaulon scoparium6.70.14
40.730413.9635S3Bryopsis plumosa6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Chaetomorpha linum6.70.30
40.730413.9635S3Cladophora dalmatica6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Cladophora flexuosa6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Cladophora laetevirens6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Cladophora pellucida6.70.37
40.730413.9635S3Cladophora prolifera6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Cladophora rupestris6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Cladophora sericea6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Cladophora socialis6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Halimeda tuna6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Parvocaulis parvulum6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Flabellia petiolata6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Pseudochlorodesmis furcellata6.70.00
40.730413.9635S3Valonia utricularis6.70.12