Barkley, Hannah C; Cohen, Anne L; Golbuu, Yimnang; Starczak, V R; DeCarlo, Thomas M; Shamberger, K E F (2015): Changes in coral reef communities across a natural gradient in seawater pH [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.849300, Supplement to: Barkley, HC et al. (2015): Changes in coral reef communities across a natural gradient in seawater pH. Science Advances, 1(5), e1500328-e1500328, https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1500328
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Abstract:
Ocean acidification threatens the survival of coral reef ecosystems worldwide. The negative effects of ocean acidification observed in many laboratory experiments have been seen in studies of naturally low-pH reefs, with little evidence to date for adaptation. Recently, we reported initial data suggesting that low-pH coral communities of the Palau Rock Islands appear healthy despite the extreme conditions in which they live. Here, we build on that observation with a comprehensive statistical analysis of benthic communities across Palau's natural acidification gradient. Our analysis revealed a shift in coral community composition but no impact of acidification on coral richness, coralline algae abundance, macroalgae cover, coral calcification, or skeletal density. However, coral bioerosion increased 11-fold as pH decreased from the barrier reefs to the Rock Island bays. Indeed, a comparison of the naturally low-pH coral reef systems studied so far revealed increased bioerosion to be the only consistent feature among them, as responses varied across other indices of ecosystem health. Our results imply that whereas community responses may vary, escalation of coral reef bioerosion and acceleration of a shift from net accreting to net eroding reef structures will likely be a global signature of ocean acidification.
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Cohen, Anne L; Karnauskas, Kristopher (2015): Dataset: coral skeletal growth [dataset]. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office, https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/561046
Cohen, Anne L; Karnauskas, Kristopher; McCorkle, Daniel C; Tarrant, Ann M; de Putron, Samantha J (2015): Dataset: coral diversity and richness [dataset]. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office, https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/520476
Cohen, Anne L; Karnauskas, Kristopher; McCorkle, Daniel C; Tarrant, Ann M; de Putron, Samantha J (2015): Dataset: Palau carbonate chemistry [dataset]. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office, https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/489014
Further details:
Gattuso, Jean-Pierre; Epitalon, Jean-Marie; Lavigne, Héloïse (2015): seacarb: seawater carbonate chemistry with R. R package version 3.0.8. https://cran.r-project.org/package=seacarb
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Median Latitude: 7.338125 * Median Longitude: 134.462750 * South-bound Latitude: 7.160000 * West-bound Longitude: 134.352000 * North-bound Latitude: 7.544000 * East-bound Longitude: 134.557000
Date/Time Start: 2011-09-19T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2013-11-15T00:00:00
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Comment:
In order to allow full comparability with other ocean acidification data sets, the R package seacarb (Gattuso et al, 2015) 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 is 2015-09-09.
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License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
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728 data points
Data
1 Site | 2 Latitude | 3 Longitude | 4 Omega Arg | 5 Omega Arg std e [±] | 6 Corals cov [%] | 7 Corals cov std e [±] | 8 S (coral genera) | 9 S std e [±] (coral genera) | 10 H(S) (coral genera) | 11 H(S) std e [±] (coral genera) | 12 E (coral genera) | 13 E std e [±] (coral genera) | 14 Cov [%] (Porites coral) | 15 Cov std e [±] (Porites coral) | 16 Cov [%] (acropora coral) | 17 Cov std e [±] (acropora coral) | 18 Cov [%] (macroalgae) | 19 Cov std e [±] (macroalgae) | 20 Cov [%] (Crustose coralline algae (CCA)) | 21 Cov std e [±] (Crustose coralline algae (CCA)) | 22 Extension [mm/a] (Porites) | 23 Extension std e [±] (Porites) | 24 Density [g/cm3] (Porites) | 25 Density std e [±] (Porites) | 26 Calc rate CaCO3 [g/cm2/a] (Porites) | 27 Calc rate std e [±] (Porites) | 28 Extension [mm/a] (Favia) | 29 Extension std e [±] (Favia) | 30 Density [g/cm3] (Favia) | 31 Density std e [±] (Favia) | 32 Calc rate CaCO3 [g/cm2/a] (Favia) | 33 Calc rate std e [±] (Favia) | 34 Perc [%] (average Porites percent volum...) | 35 Perc std e [±] (average Porites percent volum...) | 36 Temp [°C] | 37 T std e [±] | 38 Sal | 39 Sal std e [±] | 40 [NO3]- + [NO2]- [µmol/l] | 41 [NO3]- + [NO2]- std e [±] | 42 [NH4]+ [µmol/l] | 43 [NH4]+ std e [±] | 44 [PO4]3- [µmol/l] | 45 PO4 std e [±] | 46 AT [µmol/kg] (Potentiometric titration) | 47 AT std e [±] (Potentiometric titration) | 48 DIC [µmol/kg] (Coulometric titration) | 49 DIC std e [±] (Coulometric titration) | 50 pCO2water_SST_wet [µatm] (Calculated using CO2SYS) | 51 pCO2water_SST_wet std e [±] (Calculated using CO2SYS) | 52 [CO3]2- [µmol/kg] (Calculated using CO2SYS) | 53 [CO3]2- std e [±] (Calculated using CO2SYS) | 54 pH (total scale, Calculated using...) | 55 pH std e [±] (total scale, Calculated using...) | 56 CSC flag (Calculated using seacarb afte...) | 57 pH (total scale, Calculated using...) | 58 CO2 [µmol/kg] (Calculated using seacarb afte...) | 59 fCO2water_SST_wet [µatm] (Calculated using seacarb afte...) | 60 pCO2water_SST_wet [µatm] (Calculated using seacarb afte...) | 61 [HCO3]- [µmol/kg] (Calculated using seacarb afte...) | 62 [CO3]2- [µmol/kg] (Calculated using seacarb afte...) | 63 Omega Arg (Calculated using seacarb afte...) | 64 Omega Cal (Calculated using seacarb afte...) |
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Nikko | 7.324 | 134.493 | 2.32 | 0.03 | 63.00 | 4.19 | 12.6 | 0.50 | 1.60 | 0.09 | 0.41 | 0.05 | 34.00 | 6.32 | 0.20 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.90 | 0.60 | 30.3 | 0.1 | 32.4 | 0.10 | 0.37 | 0.08 | 0.46 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 1976.70 | 4.3 | 1782.7 | 4.1 | 604.2 | 0.22 | 139.8 | 1.7 | 7.84 | 0.00 | 15 | 7.84 | 15.30 | 603.17 | 604.98 | 1627.44 | 140.00 | 2.33 | 3.49 | ||||||||||||||
Risong | 7.307 | 134.477 | 2.67 | 0.02 | 31.84 | 4.50 | 12.0 | 0.42 | 1.79 | 0.04 | 0.52 | 0.05 | 14.10 | 4.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.16 | 0.99 | 30.0 | 0.1 | 33.2 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 2063.80 | 1.3 | 1836.8 | 1.7 | 542.6 | 4.40 | 162.2 | 1.0 | 7.90 | 0.00 | 15 | 7.89 | 13.99 | 550.31 | 551.97 | 1672.44 | 162.25 | 2.68 | 4.01 | ||||||||||||||
Taoch | 7.277 | 134.427 | 3.24 | 0.06 | 63.10 | 4.78 | 5.0 | 0.58 | 0.30 | 0.05 | 0.41 | 0.15 | 59.60 | 5.41 | 0.50 | 0.22 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 29.5 | 0.2 | 33.7 | 0.05 | 0.32 | 0.13 | 0.37 | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 2163.10 | 10.9 | 1883.6 | 9.4 | 447.0 | 10.30 | 197.8 | 3.5 | 7.98 | 0.01 | 15 | 7.98 | 11.49 | 447.83 | 449.19 | 1674.25 | 197.83 | 3.24 | 4.86 | ||||||||||||||
Ngaremlengui_Patch | 7.541 | 134.470 | 3.43 | 0.08 | 29.95 | 7.78 | 9.2 | 0.22 | 1.45 | 0.07 | 0.50 | 0.09 | 14.10 | 8.11 | 14.60 | 3.51 | 0.21 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 29.7 | 0.0 | 33.2 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.29 | 0.15 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 2132.60 | 8.1 | 1835.3 | 15.7 | 395.5 | 19.20 | 208.5 | 4.9 | 8.02 | 0.02 | 15 | 8.01 | 10.26 | 401.53 | 402.74 | 1606.68 | 203.75 | 3.35 | 5.02 | ||||||||||||||
Airai | 7.329 | 134.557 | 3.46 | 0.15 | 37.22 | 4.83 | 8.8 | 0.36 | 1.07 | 0.05 | 0.35 | 0.05 | 3.30 | 1.28 | 26.61 | 5.41 | 2.70 | 0.75 | 2.50 | 0.81 | 29.6 | 0.3 | 33.1 | 0.30 | 0.41 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 2107.01 | 23.9 | 1845.6 | 24.2 | 378.3 | 19.60 | 210.3 | 8.9 | 8.02 | 0.02 | 15 | 8.03 | 9.70 | 377.63 | 378.77 | 1585.41 | 210.49 | 3.47 | 5.20 | ||||||||||||||
Uchelbeluu | 7.271 | 134.549 | 3.66 | 0.08 | 28.60 | 1.32 | 8.4 | 0.50 | 1.46 | 0.07 | 0.54 | 0.03 | 1.30 | 0.73 | 10.00 | 2.09 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 1.70 | 0.80 | 29.7 | 0.1 | 33.5 | 0.10 | 0.32 | 0.08 | 0.29 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 2159.60 | 7.7 | 1841.0 | 9.1 | 373.6 | 13.40 | 223.0 | 4.7 | 8.05 | 0.01 | 15 | 8.05 | 9.54 | 373.34 | 374.47 | 1608.48 | 222.95 | 3.66 | 5.49 | ||||||||||||||
Ngerdiluches | 7.438 | 134.357 | 3.68 | 0.05 | 21.13 | 4.92 | 7.0 | 0.51 | 1.48 | 0.04 | 0.69 | 0.09 | 1.74 | 0.68 | 8.62 | 3.51 | 1.03 | 0.46 | 1.03 | 0.58 | 29.1 | 0.1 | 33.9 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 2178.00 | 15.7 | 1882.8 | 18.7 | 372.8 | 8.30 | 225.5 | 3.4 | 8.05 | 0.01 | 15 | 8.05 | 9.51 | 368.86 | 369.98 | 1626.32 | 226.04 | 3.69 | 5.54 | ||||||||||||||
Ngaremlengui_Barrier | 7.544 | 134.444 | 3.69 | 0.06 | 31.25 | 4.57 | 9.4 | 0.67 | 1.61 | 0.08 | 0.56 | 0.05 | 1.20 | 0.37 | 23.90 | 1.95 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 2.14 | 0.79 | 29.6 | 0.1 | 33.4 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 2132.60 | 8.1 | 1835.3 | 15.6 | 369.6 | 8.40 | 224.6 | 3.6 | 8.05 | 0.01 | 15 | 8.05 | 9.45 | 368.89 | 370.01 | 1623.67 | 224.81 | 3.69 | 5.54 | ||||||||||||||
Nikko_Bay | 7.324 | 134.492 | 2.32 | 0.03 | 9.1 | 0.6 | 0.97 | 0.04 | 0.87 | 0.06 | 6.7 | 0.3 | 0.95 | 0.04 | 0.66 | 0.03 | 2.00 | 0.60 | 30.3 | 0.1 | 32.4 | 0.10 | 0.37 | 0.08 | 0.46 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 1976.70 | 4.3 | 1782.7 | 4.1 | 604.2 | 0.22 | 139.8 | 1.7 | 7.84 | 0.00 | 15 | 7.84 | 15.30 | 603.17 | 604.98 | 1627.44 | 140.00 | 2.33 | 3.49 | ||||||||||||||||
Risong | 7.304 | 134.477 | 2.67 | 0.02 | 7.8 | 0.4 | 1.06 | 0.04 | 0.82 | 0.05 | 6.3 | 0.3 | 0.95 | 0.04 | 0.63 | 0.04 | 1.18 | 0.41 | 30.0 | 0.1 | 33.2 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 2063.80 | 1.3 | 1836.8 | 1.7 | 542.6 | 4.40 | 162.2 | 1.0 | 7.90 | 0.00 | 15 | 7.89 | 13.99 | 550.31 | 551.97 | 1672.44 | 162.25 | 2.68 | 4.01 | ||||||||||||||||
Mecherchar | 7.160 | 134.352 | 2.88 | 0.07 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 1.35 | 0.04 | 1.01 | 0.05 | 5.55 | 0.95 | 31.3 | 0.2 | 33.2 | 0.10 | 0.27 | 0.07 | 0.71 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 2082.90 | 7.8 | 1839.1 | 6.3 | 534.5 | 17.40 | 173.5 | 4.2 | 7.90 | 0.01 | 15 | 7.91 | 13.18 | 533.92 | 535.51 | 1652.11 | 173.79 | 2.89 | 4.31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
PICRC | 7.338 | 134.454 | 3.13 | 0.08 | 9.5 | 0.7 | 0.98 | 0.06 | 0.91 | 0.08 | 0.55 | 0.23 | 30.5 | 0.2 | 33.5 | 0.10 | 0.51 | 0.03 | 0.52 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 2131.60 | 6.6 | 1863.3 | 2.9 | 477.6 | 16.10 | 189.9 | 4.8 | 7.95 | 0.01 | 15 | 7.95 | 11.96 | 476.73 | 478.16 | 1661.17 | 190.20 | 3.14 | 4.69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Taoch | 7.276 | 134.427 | 3.24 | 0.06 | 8.0 | 0.6 | 1.07 | 0.04 | 0.85 | 0.06 | 1.15 | 0.43 | 29.5 | 0.2 | 33.7 | 0.05 | 0.32 | 0.13 | 0.37 | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 2163.10 | 10.9 | 1883.6 | 9.4 | 447.0 | 10.30 | 197.8 | 3.5 | 7.98 | 0.01 | 15 | 7.98 | 11.49 | 447.83 | 449.19 | 1674.25 | 197.83 | 3.24 | 4.86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Drop_Off | 7.268 | 134.522 | 3.65 | 0.06 | 7.4 | 0.6 | 1.32 | 0.03 | 0.98 | 0.09 | 6.1 | 0.5 | 1.09 | 0.07 | 0.68 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 29.9 | 0.3 | 33.6 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.55 | 0.41 | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 2178.80 | 9.9 | 1862.7 | 11.9 | 384.4 | 8.60 | 221.9 | 3.2 | 8.04 | 0.00 | 15 | 8.04 | 9.76 | 383.69 | 384.85 | 1630.77 | 222.18 | 3.65 | 5.47 | ||||||||||||||||
Uchelbeluu | 7.271 | 134.549 | 3.66 | 0.08 | 9.7 | 0.5 | 1.27 | 0.03 | 1.23 | 0.05 | 6.5 | 0.3 | 1.00 | 0.07 | 0.67 | 0.04 | 0.19 | 0.12 | 29.7 | 0.1 | 33.5 | 0.10 | 0.32 | 0.08 | 0.29 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 2159.60 | 7.7 | 1841.0 | 9.1 | 373.6 | 13.40 | 223.0 | 4.7 | 8.05 | 0.01 | 15 | 8.05 | 9.54 | 373.34 | 374.47 | 1608.48 | 222.95 | 3.66 | 5.49 | ||||||||||||||||
Ngerdiluches | 7.438 | 134.357 | 3.68 | 0.05 | 8.1 | 0.7 | 1.30 | 0.05 | 1.07 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 29.1 | 0.1 | 33.9 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 2178.00 | 15.7 | 1882.8 | 18.7 | 372.8 | 8.30 | 225.5 | 3.4 | 8.05 | 0.01 | 15 | 8.05 | 9.51 | 368.86 | 369.98 | 1626.32 | 226.04 | 3.69 | 5.54 |