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Citation:	Melbourne, Leanne; Schmidt, Daniela N; Sarkar, Suman (2025): Assessing structural integrity responses of coralline algae across the PETM [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.978487
Abstract:	Coralline red algae are key benthic components of shallow-marine ecosystems, which globally support high levels of biodiversity. Modern short term experiments show negative responses of coralline algae to warming and higher CO2, in which a weakening of structural integrity is seen. However, short-term experiments do not account for acclimation and multi-generation exposure. The geological record allows for us to assess responses to long-term enivronmental change and account for acclimation and multi-generation exposure. We measured the cellular structure in species of two cosmopolitan genera, Sporolithon and Lithothamnion, from Meghalaya, NE India (Eastern Tethys), before and during the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM, ~55.8 Ma), the most pronounced hyperthermal, a geologically abrupt environmental change in Earth history characterized by rapid ocean warming, acidification and sea level rise of the Cenozoic.
Keyword(s):	cell measurements; coralline algae; environmental change; PETM; resilience; structural integrity
Funding:	Leverhulme Trust, grant/award no. RF-2021-489\4: Leverhulme Trust
	The Royal Society, grant/award no. NIF\R1\181330: Royal Society-SERB Newton International Fellowship
	The Royal Society, grant/award no. Wolfson Merit Award: Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
Coverage:	LATITUDE: 25.261783 * LONGITUDE: 91.710433
	DATE/TIME START: 2015-12-03T00:00:00 * DATE/TIME END: 2020-02-19T00:00:00
Event(s):	MCCL_1-162 * LATITUDE: 25.261783 * LONGITUDE: 91.710433 * DATE/TIME START: 2015-12-03T00:00:00 * DATE/TIME END: 2020-02-19T00:00:00 * LOCATION: Mawmluh, Meghalaya, India * COMMENT: Limestones
License:	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (URI: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Size:	4 datasets
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Filename	Citation of child dataset
Lrov_PETM.tab	Melbourne, Leanne; Schmidt, Daniela N; Sarkar, Suman (2025): Lithothamnion roveretoi structural integrity responses across the PETM. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.979399
Sasc_PETM.tab	Melbourne, Leanne; Schmidt, Daniela N; Sarkar, Suman (2025): Sporolithon aschersonii structural integrity responses across the PETM. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.979400
Spo1_PETM.tab	Melbourne, Leanne; Schmidt, Daniela N; Sarkar, Suman (2025): Sporolithon sp1 structural integrity responses across the PETM. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.979401
Spo2_PETM.tab	Melbourne, Leanne; Schmidt, Daniela N; Sarkar, Suman (2025): Sporolithon sp2 structural integrity responses across the PETM. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.979402
