Jellison, Brittany M; Ninokawa, Aaron; Hill, Tessa M; Sanford, E; Gaylord, B (2016): Seawater carbonate chemistry and predator avoidance behaviour of Tegula funebralis in the presence and absence of cue from Pisaster ochraceus [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.875937
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Abstract:
Organism-level effects of ocean acidification (OA) are well recognized. Less understood are OA's consequences for ecological species interactions. Here, we examine a behaviourally mediated predator-prey interaction within the rocky intertidal zone of the temperate eastern Pacific Ocean, using it as a model system to explore OA's capacity to impair invertebrate anti-predator behaviours more broadly. Our system involves the iconic sea star predator, Pisaster ochraceus, that elicits flee responses in numerous gastropod prey. We examine, in particular, the capacity for OA-associated reductions in pH to alter flight behaviours of the black turban snail, Tegula funebralis, an often-abundant and well-studied grazer in the system. We assess interactions between these species at 16 discrete levels of pH, quantifying the full functional response of Tegula under present and near-future OA conditions. Results demonstrate the disruption of snail anti-predator behaviours at low pH, with decreases in the time individuals spend in refuge locations. We also show that fluctuations in pH, including those typical of rock pools inhabited by snails, do not materially change outcomes, implying little capacity for episodically benign pH conditions to aid behavioural recovery. Together, these findings suggest a strong potential for OA to induce cascading community-level shifts within this long-studied ecosystem.
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Jellison, Brittany M; Ninokawa, Aaron; Hill, Tessa M; Sanford, E; Gaylord, B (2016): Ocean acidification alters the response of intertidal snails to a key sea star predator. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 283, 20160890, https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.0890
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Jellison, Brittany M; Ninokawa, Aaron; Hill, Tessa M; Sanford, E; Gaylord, B (2016): Data from: Ocean acidification alters the response of intertidal snails to a key sea star predator. Dryad Digital Repository, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.38m23
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Gattuso, Jean-Pierre; Epitalon, Jean-Marie; Lavigne, Héloïse; Orr, James C; Gentili, Bernard; Proye, Aurélien; Soetaert, Karline; Rae, James (2016): seacarb: seawater carbonate chemistry with R. R package version 3.1. https://cran.r-project.org/package=seacarb
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In order to allow full comparability with other ocean acidification data sets, the R package seacarb (Gattuso et al, 2016) 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 2017-06-07.
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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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1998 data points