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Melzner, Frank; Findeisen, Ulrike; Bock, Christian; Panknin, Ulrike; Kiko, Rainer; Hiebenthal, Claas; Lenz, Mark; Wall, Marlene (2022): Experiment on the response of the sea star Asterias rubens to heat stress and ocean acidification: gonad and pyloric caeca mass and indices [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.949418, In: Melzner, F et al. (2022): Response of the sea star Asterias rubens to heat stress and ocean acidification: long-term and short-term experimental data [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.949426

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Abstract:
Robust estimates of marine species vulnerability to ongoing climate change require realistic stressor experiments. Here, we subjected an important coastal predator, the sea star Asterias rubens, to projected warming and ocean acidification over an annual seasonal cycle. Warming and, less so, acidification, had strongly season-specific impacts on animal energy budgets. Specifically, simulated future summer temperatures caused >95% sea star mortality, reduced feeding rate and body mass loss. Additional acute experiments demonstrated that respiratory oxygen flux was preferentially directed to support high summer metabolism at the expense of feeding-related processes. Using 15 years of field temperature data and end of century warming projections, we estimate that potentially lethal summer heat waves will occur in 20% of future years. Our study demonstrates the importance of assessing stress responses along seasonal thermal cycles and the high selective force that future summer heat waves likely can exert on coastal marine animal populations.
Keyword(s):
Asterias rubens; Baltic Sea; oxygen diffusion; sea star; Temperature
Project(s):
Funding:
German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. 27542298: Climate - Biogeochemistry Interactions in the Tropical Ocean
German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. EXC 80: The Future Ocean
Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), grant/award no. 265847: Sub-seabed CO2 Storage: Impact on Marine Ecosystems
Coverage:
Date/Time Start: 2018-04-16T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2018-08-29T00:00:00
Comment:
Figure 4a
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
DATE/TIMEDate/TimeMelzner, FrankGeocode
SpeciesSpeciesMelzner, Frank
Asterias rubens, biomass, wet massA. rubens biom wmgMelzner, Frank
Gonad, wet massGon WMgMelzner, Frank
Gonadosomatic indexGSI%Melzner, Frankof wet mass
Pyloric caeca, wet massPyl wmgMelzner, Frank
Pyloric caeca somatic indexPSI%Melzner, Frankof wet mass
SumSum%Melzner, FrankGSI + PSI (% of wet mass)
IdentificationIDMelzner, Frankanimal
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
704 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Species

A. rubens biom wm [g]

Gon WM [g]

GSI [%]

Pyl wm [g]

PSI [%]

Sum [%]

ID
2018-04-16Asterias rubens41.11.53.64.811.715.31
2018-04-16Asterias rubens23.60.93.74.318.322.02
2018-04-16Asterias rubens45.61.32.95.512.115.03
2018-04-16Asterias rubens31.42.58.04.313.821.84
2018-04-16Asterias rubens52.05.19.88.616.526.45
2018-04-16Asterias rubens21.11.25.64.923.228.86
2018-04-16Asterias rubens30.92.47.73.812.320.07
2018-04-16Asterias rubens17.83.017.12.514.331.38
2018-04-16Asterias rubens15.11.06.62.919.125.69
2018-04-16Asterias rubens19.62.010.03.115.625.610
2018-04-16Asterias rubens13.62.216.41.611.527.911
2018-05-09Asterias rubens61.19.114.96.510.725.612
2018-05-09Asterias rubens49.83.46.74.89.516.313
2018-05-09Asterias rubens51.25.110.18.917.427.414
2018-05-09Asterias rubens73.810.514.28.611.725.915
2018-05-09Asterias rubens36.33.08.36.919.027.316
2018-05-09Asterias rubens29.12.79.34.716.125.417
2018-05-09Asterias rubens29.94.815.93.411.227.118
2018-05-09Asterias rubens20.31.46.93.617.624.519
2018-05-09Asterias rubens20.92.09.32.612.521.920
2018-05-09Asterias rubens22.24.721.12.410.831.921
2018-05-09Asterias rubens25.02.59.93.313.123.022
2018-05-25Asterias rubens54.76.111.26.311.522.723
2018-05-25Asterias rubens37.35.113.75.013.427.124
2018-05-25Asterias rubens45.74.39.44.710.319.725
2018-05-25Asterias rubens28.24.716.74.917.434.026
2018-05-25Asterias rubens45.74.910.75.111.221.927
2018-05-25Asterias rubens34.94.813.85.014.328.128
2018-05-31Asterias rubens47.76.213.14.910.223.329
2018-05-31Asterias rubens56.09.617.17.012.529.630
2018-05-31Asterias rubens50.18.016.05.911.827.831
2018-05-31Asterias rubens88.712.714.314.816.630.932
2018-05-31Asterias rubens86.324.328.14.24.933.033
2018-05-31Asterias rubens62.95.89.27.812.421.734
2018-05-31Asterias rubens51.111.021.65.410.532.035
2018-05-31Asterias rubens33.83.911.52.57.518.936
2018-05-31Asterias rubens55.517.431.46.712.243.537
2018-05-31Asterias rubens45.95.912.95.111.224.138
2018-06-06Asterias rubens18.32.614.11.47.821.939
2018-06-06Asterias rubens17.94.022.21.58.530.740
2018-06-06Asterias rubens24.11.87.63.615.122.641
2018-06-06Asterias rubens40.93.68.77.518.527.242
2018-06-06Asterias rubens25.55.120.12.610.330.343
2018-06-06Asterias rubens21.44.822.71.46.829.444
2018-06-06Asterias rubens31.05.116.43.812.228.645
2018-06-06Asterias rubens110.330.227.413.011.839.146
2018-06-06Asterias rubens59.67.512.57.612.825.347
2018-06-06Asterias rubens42.38.720.73.58.228.948
2018-06-13Asterias rubens29.72.37.72.58.416.149
2018-06-13Asterias rubens45.13.16.92.04.511.450
2018-06-13Asterias rubens48.80.71.55.511.312.851
2018-06-13Asterias rubens45.74.39.35.812.722.052
2018-06-13Asterias rubens33.52.47.22.88.415.653
2018-06-13Asterias rubens71.01.01.410.414.716.154
2018-06-13Asterias rubens27.51.86.51.34.611.155
2018-06-13Asterias rubens70.15.78.18.011.519.656
2018-06-13Asterias rubens26.77.227.12.28.335.357
2018-06-13Asterias rubens20.30.52.72.713.015.758
2018-06-29Asterias rubens49.70.61.26.012.113.359
2018-06-29Asterias rubens36.42.05.53.39.014.660
2018-06-29Asterias rubens25.10.93.71.24.78.461
2018-06-29Asterias rubens20.20.73.61.99.312.962
2018-06-29Asterias rubens19.00.31.71.79.210.963
2018-06-29Asterias rubens17.30.32.01.79.711.764
2018-06-29Asterias rubens22.01.15.01.56.811.865
2018-06-29Asterias rubens17.70.10.61.58.69.266
2018-06-29Asterias rubens13.80.32.10.75.07.167
2018-06-29Asterias rubens18.30.52.71.810.112.768
2018-07-11Asterias rubens29.80.72.43.110.412.869
2018-07-11Asterias rubens26.90.31.11.76.47.570
2018-07-11Asterias rubens26.00.41.42.28.39.771
2018-07-11Asterias rubens30.70.20.72.47.88.672
2018-07-11Asterias rubens26.10.20.73.312.713.473
2018-07-11Asterias rubens28.44.816.91.55.122.074
2018-07-11Asterias rubens15.90.10.71.610.010.775
2018-07-11Asterias rubens44.20.51.13.68.29.276
2018-07-11Asterias rubens14.60.10.81.06.57.377
2018-07-11Asterias rubens19.80.20.80.73.64.478
2018-08-29Asterias rubens27.90.31.01.65.86.879
2018-08-29Asterias rubens22.60.00.22.611.611.780
2018-08-29Asterias rubens26.50.20.92.18.19.081
2018-08-29Asterias rubens17.80.00.11.05.75.982
2018-08-29Asterias rubens14.70.00.21.510.110.383
2018-08-29Asterias rubens25.00.10.43.413.714.184
2018-08-29Asterias rubens22.40.00.20.94.24.385
2018-08-29Asterias rubens17.30.20.90.95.16.086
2018-08-29Asterias rubens16.20.00.01.710.610.687
2018-08-29Asterias rubens17.60.10.41.26.97.388