Citation:

s00227-012-2001-y

Name: Growth, respiration and photophysiology of coral massive Porites spp. in the experiment of Moorea
Creator: Peter J Edmunds
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Keywords: Animalia; Benthic animals; Benthos; Calcification/Dissolution; Cnidaria; Coast and continental shelf; Containers and aquaria (20-1000 L or < 1 m**2); Growth/Morphology; Laboratory experiment; Porites sp.; Primary production/Photosynthesis; Respiration; Single species; South Pacific; Tropical

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Abstract:

I tested the hypothesis that high pCO2 (76.6 Pa and 87.2 Pa vs. 42.9 Pa) has no effect on the metabolism of juvenile massive Porites spp. after 11 days at 28 °C and 545 µmol quanta/m**2/s. The response was assessed as aerobic dark respiration, skeletal weight (i.e., calcification), biomass, and chlorophyll fluorescence. Corals were collected from the shallow (3-4 m) back reef of Moorea, French Polynesia (17°28.614'S, 149°48.917'W), and experiments conducted during April and May 2011. An increase in pCO2 to 76.6 Pa had no effect on any dependent variable, but 87.2 Pa pCO2 reduced area-normalized (but not biomass-normalized) respiration 36 %, as well as maximum photochemical efficiency (Fv/Fm) of open RCIIs and effective photochemical efficiency of RCIIs in actinic light (Delta F/F'm ); neither biomass, calcification, nor the energy expenditure coincident with calcification (J/g) was effected. These results do not support the hypothesis that high pCO2 reduces coral calcification through increased metabolic costs and, instead, suggest that high pCO2 causes metabolic depression and photochemical impairment similar to that associated with bleaching. Evidence of a pCO2 threshold between 76.6 and 87.2 Pa for inhibitory effects on respiration and photochemistry deserves further attention as it might signal the presence of unpredictable effects of rising pCO2.

Keyword(s):

Animalia; Benthic animals; Benthos; Calcification/Dissolution; Cnidaria; Coast and continental shelf; Containers and aquaria (20-1000 L or < 1 m**2); Growth/Morphology; Laboratory experiment; Porites sp.; Primary production/Photosynthesis; Respiration; Single species; South Pacific; Tropical

Further details:

Lavigne, Héloïse; Gattuso, Jean-Pierre (2011): seacarb: seawater carbonate chemistry with R. R package version 2.4. https://cran.r-project.org/package=seacarb

Project(s):

Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre (OA-ICC)

Coverage:

Latitude: -17.476900 * Longitude: -149.815300

Date/Time Start: 2011-04-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2011-08-31T00:00:00

Minimum Elevation: -4.0 m * Maximum Elevation: -2.0 m

Event(s):

Moorea * Latitude: -17.476900 * Longitude: -149.815300 * Date/Time Start: 2011-04-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2011-08-31T00:00:00 * Elevation Start: -2.0 m * Elevation End: -4.0 m * Location: French Polynesia * Method/Device: Experiment (EXP)

Comment:

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). The date of carbonate chemistry calculation by seacarb is 2013-10-11.

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	Species	Species		Edmunds, Peter J
2	Sample code/label	Sample label		Edmunds, Peter J
3	Treatment	Treat		Edmunds, Peter J		LT-AC = ambient pCO2, LT-MC = medium pCO2, LT-HC = high pCO2
4	Surface area	SA	cm²	Edmunds, Peter J
5	Respiration rate, oxygen	Resp O2	µmol/cm²/h	Edmunds, Peter J		Dark
6	Calcification rate of calcium carbonate	Calc rate CaCO3	mg/cm²/day	Edmunds, Peter J
7	Metabolic expenditure	Met exp	J/g	Edmunds, Peter J
8	Respiration rate, oxygen	Resp O2	µmol/mg/h	Edmunds, Peter J		Dark respiration normalized to biomass
9	Calcification rate of calcium carbonate	Calc rate CaCO3	mg/mg/day	Edmunds, Peter J		Normalized to biomass
10	Biomass	Biom	mg/cm²	Edmunds, Peter J
11	Effective photochemical quantum yield	phi PS II		Edmunds, Peter J
12	Maximum photochemical quantum yield of photosystem II	Fv/Fm		Edmunds, Peter J
13	Excitation pressure	Qm		Edmunds, Peter J
14	Fluorescence	Fluorescence	arbitrary units	Edmunds, Peter J		Yield in actinic light
15	Fluorescence, maximum	Fm		Edmunds, Peter J		Maximum fluorescence yield in actinic light
16	Fluorescence	Fluorescence	arbitrary units	Edmunds, Peter J		Yield in darkness
17	Fluorescence, maximum	Fm		Edmunds, Peter J
18	Temperature, water	Temp	°C	Edmunds, Peter J
19	Temperature, water, standard error	T std e	±	Edmunds, Peter J
20	Irradiance	E	µmol/m²/s	Edmunds, Peter J
21	Irradiance, standard error	E std e	±	Edmunds, Peter J
22	Salinity	Sal		Edmunds, Peter J
23	pH	pH		Edmunds, Peter J	Spectrophotometric	Total scale, measured at 25 centi degree
24	pH, standard error	pH std e	±	Edmunds, Peter J	Spectrophotometric	Total scale, measured at 25 centi degree
25	Alkalinity, total	AT	µmol/kg	Edmunds, Peter J	Potentiometric titration
26	Alkalinity, total, standard error	AT std e	±	Edmunds, Peter J	Potentiometric titration
27	Aragonite saturation state	Omega Arg		Edmunds, Peter J	Calculated using CO2SYS
28	Aragonite saturation state, standard error	Omega Arg std e	±	Edmunds, Peter J	Calculated using CO2SYS
29	Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air)	pCO2water_SST_wet	Pa	Edmunds, Peter J
30	Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air), standard error	pCO2water_SST_wet std e	±	Edmunds, Peter J	Calculated using CO2SYS
31	Carbonate system computation flag	CSC flag		Yang, Yan	Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010)
32	pH	pH		Yang, Yan	Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010)	Total scale, in situ pH
33	Carbon dioxide	CO2	µmol/kg	Yang, Yan	Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010)
34	Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air)	pCO2water_SST_wet	µatm	Yang, Yan	Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010)
35	Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air)	fCO2water_SST_wet	µatm	Yang, Yan	Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010)
36	Bicarbonate ion	[HCO3]-	µmol/kg	Yang, Yan	Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010)
37	Carbonate ion	[CO3]2-	µmol/kg	Yang, Yan	Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010)
38	Carbon, inorganic, dissolved	DIC	µmol/kg	Yang, Yan	Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010)
39	Aragonite saturation state	Omega Arg		Yang, Yan	Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010)
40	Calcite saturation state	Omega Cal		Yang, Yan	Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010)

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)

Status:

Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)

Size:

1160 data points

Data

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1 Species	2 Sample label	3 Treat (LT-AC = ambient pCO2, LT-MC =...)	4 SA [cm²]	5 Resp O2 [µmol/cm²/h] (Dark)	6 Calc rate CaCO3 [mg/cm²/day]	7 Met exp [J/g]	8 Resp O2 [µmol/mg/h] (Dark respiration normalized t...)	9 Calc rate CaCO3 [mg/mg/day] (Normalized to biomass)	10 Biom [mg/cm²]	11 phi PS II	12 Fv/Fm	13 Qm	14 Fluorescence [arbitrary units] (Yield in actinic light)	15 Fm (Maximum fluorescence yield in...)	16 Fluorescence [arbitrary units] (Yield in darkness)	17 Fm	18 Temp [°C]	19 T std e [±]	20 E [µmol/m²/s]	21 E std e [±]	22 Sal	23 pH (Total scale, measured at 25 c...)	24 pH std e [±] (Total scale, measured at 25 c...)	25 AT [µmol/kg] (Potentiometric titration)	26 AT std e [±] (Potentiometric titration)	27 Omega Arg (Calculated using CO2SYS)	28 Omega Arg std e [±] (Calculated using CO2SYS)	29 pCO2water_SST_wet [Pa]	30 pCO2water_SST_wet std e [±] (Calculated using CO2SYS)	31 CSC flag (Calculated using seacarb afte...)	32 pH (Total scale, in situ pH, Calc...)	33 CO2 [µmol/kg] (Calculated using seacarb afte...)	34 pCO2water_SST_wet [µatm] (Calculated using seacarb afte...)	35 fCO2water_SST_wet [µatm] (Calculated using seacarb afte...)	36 [HCO3]- [µmol/kg] (Calculated using seacarb afte...)	37 [CO3]2- [µmol/kg] (Calculated using seacarb afte...)	38 DIC [µmol/kg] (Calculated using seacarb afte...)	39 Omega Arg (Calculated using seacarb afte...)	40 Omega Cal (Calculated using seacarb afte...)
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 1	LT-AC	19.9	0.914	1.209	7986	0.074	0.098	12.362	0.575	0.630	0.087	630	1483	475.00	1286	28.0	0.1	540	10	33.5	8.05	0.01	2190	54	3.29	0.37	44.0	1.6	8	8.01	11	420	419	1693	202	1906	3.28	4.95
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 1	LT-AC	29.8	0.175	1.423	1298	0.014	0.113	12.617	0.526	0.619	0.150	624	1321	594.00	1562	28.0	0.1	540	10	33.5	8.05	0.01	2190	54	3.29	0.37	44.0	1.6	8	8.01	11	420	419	1693	202	1906	3.28	4.95
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 1	LT-AC	23.9	0.440	2.022	2298	0.028	0.128	15.816	0.507	0.590	0.141	410	832	503.00	1227	28.0	0.1	540	10	33.5	8.05	0.01	2190	54	3.29	0.37	44.0	1.6	8	8.01	11	420	419	1693	202	1906	3.28	4.95
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 1	LT-AC	16.2	1.554	1.432	11456	0.192	0.177	8.086	0.591	0.622	0.050	463	1134	433.00	1146	28.0	0.1	540	10	33.5	8.05	0.01	2190	54	3.29	0.37	44.0	1.6	8	8.01	11	420	419	1693	202	1906	3.28	4.95
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 1	LT-AC	29.4	1.706	1.843	9777	0.090	0.097	18.980	0.600	0.616	0.026	666	1669	664.00	1730	28.0	0.1	540	10	33.5	8.05	0.01	2190	54	3.29	0.37	44.0	1.6	8	8.01	11	420	419	1693	202	1906	3.28	4.95
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 2	LT-AC	15.5	1.715	1.423	12729	0.090	0.075	18.968	0.540	0.618	0.126	676	1471	731.00	1918	27.8	0.1	476	16	33.5	8.07	0.02	2178	50	3.37	0.33	41.8	1.8	8	8.03	11	395	394	1668	207	1885	3.36	5.06
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 2	LT-AC	20.6	1.188	1.499	8367	0.129	0.163	9.175	0.584	0.661	0.116	718	1726	713.00	2107	27.8	0.1	476	16	33.5	8.07	0.02	2178	50	3.37	0.33	41.8	1.8	8	8.03	11	395	394	1668	207	1885	3.36	5.06
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 2	LT-AC	19.1	1.075	1.541	7368	0.071	0.102	15.079	0.577	0.607	0.049	502	1188	466.00	1186	27.8	0.1	476	16	33.5	8.07	0.02	2178	50	3.37	0.33	41.8	1.8	8	8.03	11	395	394	1668	207	1885	3.36	5.06
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 2	LT-AC	35.3	1.312	1.831	7568	0.087	0.121	15.156	0.559	0.624	0.104	988	2244	819.00	2181	27.8	0.1	476	16	33.5	8.07	0.02	2178	50	3.37	0.33	41.8	1.8	8	8.03	11	395	394	1668	207	1885	3.36	5.06
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 2	LT-AC	21.3	1.469	1.934	8023	0.127	0.167	11.549	0.542	0.608	0.109	604	1320	562.00	1434	27.8	0.1	476	16	33.5	8.07	0.02	2178	50	3.37	0.33	41.8	1.8	8	8.03	11	395	394	1668	207	1885	3.36	5.06
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 3	LT-MC	19.9	1.266	1.838	7274	0.102	0.148	12.412	0.642	0.658	0.024	542	1517	517.00	1514	28.0	0.1	558	8	33.5	7.85	0.02	2174	9	2.22	0.15	74.7	3.5	8	7.81	19	722	720	1834	138	1992	2.24	3.38
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 3	LT-MC	13.6	1.514	1.893	8447	0.204	0.255	7.426	0.601	0.687	0.125	615	1542	540.00	1727	28.0	0.1	558	8	33.5	7.85	0.02	2174	9	2.22	0.15	74.7	3.5	8	7.81	19	722	720	1834	138	1992	2.24	3.38
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 3	LT-MC	12.9	1.383	1.656	8820	0.093	0.112	14.806	0.535	0.592	0.096	517	1112	0.46	1128	28.0	0.1	558	8	33.5	7.85	0.02	2174	9	2.22	0.15	74.7	3.5	8	7.81	19	722	720	1834	138	1992	2.24	3.38
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 3	LT-MC	12.5	1.347	2.084	6826	0.081	0.125	16.720	0.582	0.645	0.098	555	1329	536.00	1512	28.0	0.1	558	8	33.5	7.85	0.02	2174	9	2.22	0.15	74.7	3.5	8	7.81	19	722	720	1834	138	1992	2.24	3.38
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 3	LT-MC	29.1	1.219	1.059	12157	0.077	0.067	15.773	0.582	0.631	0.078	540	1294	525.00	1423	28.0	0.1	558	8	33.5	7.85	0.02	2174	9	2.22	0.15	74.7	3.5	8	7.81	19	722	720	1834	138	1992	2.24	3.38
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 4	LT-MC	26.5	0.526	1.203	4616	0.045	0.103	11.698	0.420	0.533	0.212	375	647	449.00	963	28.1	0.1	578	19	33.5	7.85	0.02	2244	44	2.26	0.28	78.5	4.5	8	7.81	20	746	744	1894	143	2057	2.33	3.51
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 4	LT-MC	12.5	0.610	1.186	5430	0.049	0.094	12.560	0.621	0.636	0.024	478	1263	652.00	1794	28.1	0.1	578	19	33.5	7.85	0.02	2244	44	2.26	0.28	78.5	4.5	8	7.81	20	746	744	1894	143	2057	2.33	3.51
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 4	LT-MC	16.6	0.891	2.074	4537	0.075	0.175	11.867	0.551	0.640	0.139	711	1586	526.00	1463	28.1	0.1	578	19	33.5	7.85	0.02	2244	44	2.26	0.28	78.5	4.5	8	7.81	20	746	744	1894	143	2057	2.33	3.51
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 4	LT-MC	8.5	1.903	1.211	16590	0.168	0.107	11.294	0.558	0.612	0.088	429	972	502.00	1297	28.1	0.1	578	19	33.5	7.85	0.02	2244	44	2.26	0.28	78.5	4.5	8	7.81	20	746	744	1894	143	2057	2.33	3.51
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 5	LT-HC	40.8	0.495	1.676	3119	0.028	0.093	17.990	0.526	0.626	0.160	468	989	460.00	1230	28.1	0.1	551	11	33.5	7.80	0.02	2192	23	2.02	0.17	86.7	4.1	8	7.76	22	831	828	1881	127	2030	2.06	3.10
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 5	LT-HC	15.1	0.782	0.860	9602	0.102	0.112	7.682	0.515	0.576	0.106	350	722	356.00	841	28.1	0.1	551	11	33.5	7.80	0.02	2192	23	2.02	0.17	86.7	4.1	8	7.76	22	831	828	1881	127	2030	2.06	3.10
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 5	LT-HC	19.5	0.492	0.958	5426	0.053	0.103	9.333	0.557	0.587	0.051	435	983	566.00	1373	28.1	0.1	551	11	33.5	7.80	0.02	2192	23	2.02	0.17	86.7	4.1	8	7.76	22	831	828	1881	127	2030	2.06	3.10
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 5	LT-HC	27.6	0.240	0.568	4462	0.019	0.044	12.862	0.539	0.633	0.148	313	679	421.00	1148	28.1	0.1	551	11	33.5	7.80	0.02	2192	23	2.02	0.17	86.7	4.1	8	7.76	22	831	828	1881	127	2030	2.06	3.10
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 5	LT-HC	18.0	1.933	1.101	18534	0.156	0.089	12.389	0.557	0.641	0.131	427	966	507.00	1416	28.1	0.1	551	11	33.5	7.80	0.02	2192	23	2.02	0.17	86.7	4.1	8	7.76	22	831	828	1881	127	2030	2.06	3.10
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 11	LT-HC	32.0	0.489	1.037	4978	0.058	0.123	8.406	0.595	0.637	0.066	418	1033	392.00	1081	27.9	0.1	569	12	33.5	7.80	0.03	2236	14	2.08	0.34	87.7	6.2	8	7.76	23	848	845	1922	128	2073	2.09	3.15
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 11	LT-HC	9.9	0.952	1.366	7359	0.087	0.125	10.909	0.465	0.536	0.132	443	829	406.00	876	27.9	0.1	569	12	33.5	7.80	0.03	2236	14	2.08	0.34	87.7	6.2	8	7.76	23	848	845	1922	128	2073	2.09	3.15
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 11	LT-HC	15.1	0.661	2.300	3035	0.064	0.223	10.331	0.476	0.594	0.199	407	778	500.00	1232	27.9	0.1	569	12	33.5	7.80	0.03	2236	14	2.08	0.34	87.7	6.2	8	7.76	23	848	845	1922	128	2073	2.09	3.15
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 11	LT-HC	23.9	0.547	2.064	2799	0.048	0.182	11.339	0.555	0.633	0.123	456	1025	458.00	1278	27.9	0.1	569	12	33.5	7.80	0.03	2236	14	2.08	0.34	87.7	6.2	8	7.76	23	848	845	1922	128	2073	2.09	3.15
Porites spp. (coral)	Tank 11	LT-HC	25.8	0.935	1.471	6711	0.078	0.123	11.977	0.475	0.546	0.130	488	930	508.00	1119	27.9	0.1	569	12	33.5	7.80	0.03	2236	14	2.08	0.34	87.7	6.2	8	7.76	23	848	845	1922	128	2073	2.09	3.15