Jiang, Lei; Sun, You-Fan; Zhang, Yuyang; Tian, Yuan; Lei, Xinming; Zhou, Guowei; Yuan, Tao; Yuan, Xiangcheng; Liu, S; Huang, Hui (2022): Seawater carbonate chemistry and photochemical efficiency and symbiont density of reef coral Pocillopora damicornis [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.941570
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Abstract:
Establishing the thermal reaction norm of coral larvae under elevated pCO2 is crucial to anticipate how larval dispersal and population maintenance may be affected by future climate change. Here, we characterized the functional relationship between temperature (27−33 °C) and larval performance of the reef coral Pocillopora damicornis under two pCO2 levels. The results showed that the temperature threshold of larvae was between 32 and 33 °C, as evidenced by the abrupt declines in photochemical efficiency and symbiont density, whereas no oxidative damage was observed between 27 and 33 °C and elevated pCO2 did not influence any of these parameters. In addition, larval respiration and photosynthesis rates exhibited parabolic responses to temperature, and this relationship conformed to the Gaussian–Gompertz model with an optimal temperature around 31.5 °C, which was approximately 2.5 °C above the summer mean temperature, suggesting the potential for thermal acclimation. Most importantly, elevated pCO2 significantly enhanced the larval photosynthesis and the stimulatory effect of elevated pCO2 on the photosynthetic rates and capacity was more pronounced in cool and warm temperatures, indicative of shifted thermal sensitivity under high pCO2. These results suggest that ocean acidification could alter the thermal performance curves and tolerance window of brooded P. damicornis larvae, with profound and important implications for larval ecology in a future changing ocean.
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Animalia; Bottles or small containers/Aquaria (<20 L); Cnidaria; Coast and continental shelf; Laboratory experiment; Mortality/Survival; North Pacific; Other studied parameter or process; Pelagos; Pocillopora damicornis; Primary production/Photosynthesis; Respiration; Single species; Temperature; Tropical; Zooplankton
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Jiang, Lei; Sun, You-Fan; Zhang, Yuyang; Tian, Yuan; Lei, Xinming; Zhou, Guowei; Yuan, Tao; Yuan, Xiangcheng; Liu, S; Huang, Hui (2021): Ocean acidification alters the thermal performance curves of brooded larvae from the reef coral Pocillopora damicornis. Coral Reefs, 40(5), 1437-1449, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-021-02161-3
Further details:
Gattuso, Jean-Pierre; Epitalon, Jean-Marie; Lavigne, Héloïse; Orr, James (2021): seacarb: seawater carbonate chemistry with R. R package version 3.2.16. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/seacarb/index.html
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Latitude: 18.200000 * Longitude: 109.466670
Date/Time Start: 2016-08-09T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2016-08-09T00:00:00
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In order to allow full comparability with other ocean acidification data sets, the R package seacarb (Gattuso et al, 2021) 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 2022-3-1.
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