Beck, Kristina K; Roberts, J Murray; Burns, Zoe; Easton, Blair; Kaye, Sarah; Peña Fernández, Marta; Wolfram, Uwe; Hennige, Sebastian (2025): Carbonate chemistry from a long-term (12-months) multiple driver aquarium experiment with the cold-water coral Desmophyllum pertusum [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.987323 (DOI registration in progress)
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Published: 2025-12-17
Abstract:
We conducted a long-term (12 months) multiple driver aquarium experiment under future environmental conditions at St Abbs Marine Station (UK) with the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa (syn. Desmophyllum pertusum) sampled from Tisler Reef (Skagerrak). The experiment consisted of four different treatments to investigate the combined effect of ocean acidification, warming, deoxygenation and food limitation on their physiology: 1) control (9 °C, pH 8.1, 100 % oxygen, 100 % food availability), 2) multiple stressor with high feeding (HF; 12 °C, pH 7.7, 90 % oxygen, 100 % food availability), 3) multiple stressor with low feeding (LF; 12 °C, pH 7.7, 90 % oxygen, 50 % food availability) and 4) reduced oxygen (9 °C, pH 8.1, 90 % oxygen, 100 % food availability). Every treatment consisted of three replicate tanks with four live corals (12 in total). Water parameters (temperature, salinity, pH and oxygen concentration) were measured five times per week in every coral tank. Total alkalinity (TA) samples were taken from every coral tank biweekly in order to determine the whole carbonate system using the programme CO2SYS (Pierrot et al., 2006) to calculate carbonate chemistry from measured TA and pHT according to Hoppe et al. (2012) with the dissociation constants of carbonic acid in seawater (K1 and K2) from Lueker et al. (2000), the dissociation constants of hydrogen sulphate from Dickson (1990) and boric acid from Uppström (1974) and pHT.
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Beck, Kristina K; Hennige, Sebastian; Easton, Blair; Burns, Zoe; Kaye, Sarah; Peña Fernández, Marta; Barnhill, Kelsey Archer; Wolfram, Uwe; Roberts, J Murray (2024): Dissolution rates from a long-term multiple stressor aquarium experiment with the cold-water coral Desmophyllum pertusum [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.965098
Beck, Kristina K; Hennige, Sebastian; Easton, Blair; Burns, Zoe; Kaye, Sarah; Peña Fernández, Marta; Barnhill, Kelsey Archer; Wolfram, Uwe; Roberts, J Murray (2024): Mortality rates from a long-term multiple stressor aquarium experiment with the cold-water coral Desmophyllum pertusum [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.965083
Beck, Kristina K; Hennige, Sebastian; Easton, Blair; Burns, Zoe; Kaye, Sarah; Peña Fernández, Marta; Barnhill, Kelsey Archer; Wolfram, Uwe; Roberts, J Murray (2024): Physiological parameters from a long-term multiple stressor aquarium experiment with the cold-water coral Desmophyllum pertusum [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.965082
Beck, Kristina K; Roberts, J Murray; Burns, Zoe; Easton, Blair; Kaye, Sarah; Peña Fernández, Marta; Wolfram, Uwe; Hennige, Sebastian (2025): Coral energy reserves from a long-term (12-months) multiple driver aquarium experiment with the cold-water coral Desmophyllum pertusum [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.987325
Beck, Kristina K; Roberts, J Murray; Burns, Zoe; Easton, Blair; Kaye, Sarah; Peña Fernández, Marta; Wolfram, Uwe; Hennige, Sebastian (2025): Growth, respiration rates and energetic reserves from a long-term (12-months) multiple driver aquarium experiment with the cold-water coral Desmophyllum pertusum [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.987327
Beck, Kristina K; Roberts, J Murray; Burns, Zoe; Easton, Blair; Kaye, Sarah; Peña Fernández, Marta; Wolfram, Uwe; Hennige, Sebastian (2025): Skeletal dissolution from a long-term (12-months) multiple driver aquarium experiment with the cold-water coral Desmophyllum pertusum [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.987326
Beck, Kristina K; Roberts, J Murray; Burns, Zoe; Easton, Blair; Kaye, Sarah; Peña Fernández, Marta; Wolfram, Uwe; Hennige, Sebastian (2025): Survival rates from a long-term (12-months) multiple driver aquarium experiment with the cold-water coral Desmophyllum pertusum [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.987328
Beck, Kristina K; Roberts, J Murray; Burns, Zoe; Easton, Blair; Kaye, Sarah; Peña Fernández, Marta; Wolfram, Uwe; Hennige, Sebastian (2025): Water parameters from a long-term (12-months) multiple driver aquarium experiment with the cold-water coral Desmophyllum pertusum [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.979869
References:
Dickson, Andrew G (1990): Thermodynamics of the dissociation of boric acid in synthetic sea water from 273.15 to 318.15 K. Deep-Sea Research Part A. Oceanographic Research Papers, 37(5), 755-766, https://doi.org/10.1016/0198-0149(90)90004-F
Hoppe, Clara Jule Marie; Langer, Gerald; Rokitta, Sebastian D; Wolf-Gladrow, Dieter A; Rost, Björn (2012): Implications of observed inconsistencies in carbonate chemistry measurements for ocean acidification studies. Biogeosciences, 9, 2401-2405, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-2401-2012
Lueker, Timothy J; Dickson, Andrew G; Keeling, Charles D (2000): Ocean pCO2 calculated from dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, and equations for K1 and K2: validation based on laboratory measurements of CO2 in gas and seawater at equilibrium. Marine Chemistry, 70(1-3), 105-119, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-4203(00)00022-0
Pierrot, D E; Lewis, E; Wallace, D W R (2006): MS Excel Program Developed for CO2 System Calculations. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, https://doi.org/10.3334/CDIAC/otg.CO2SYS_XLS_CDIAC105a
Uppström, Leif R (1974): The boron/chlorinity ratio of deep-sea water from the Pacific Ocean. Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts, 21(2), 161-162, https://doi.org/10.1016/0011-7471(74)90074-6
Project(s):
Funding:
Horizon 2020 (H2020), grant/award no. 818123: Integrated Assessment of Atlantic Marine Ecosystems in Space and Time
Leverhulme Trust, grant/award no. RPG-2020-215: Quantifying rapid cold-water coral habitat loss in a future ocean
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 58.995942 * Median Longitude: 10.964316 * South-bound Latitude: 58.994583 * West-bound Longitude: 10.959650 * North-bound Latitude: 58.997300 * East-bound Longitude: 10.968983
Date/Time Start: 2023-03-07T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2024-02-08T00:00:00
Minimum Elevation: -121.7 m * Maximum Elevation: -102.1 m
Event(s):
Desmophyllum_pertusum_Sampling_Area_and_Period * Latitude Start: 58.997300 * Longitude Start: 10.959650 * Latitude End: 58.994583 * Longitude End: 10.968983 * Date/Time Start: 2020-11-10T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2022-01-25T00:00:00 * Elevation Start: -102.1 m * Elevation End: -121.7 m * Location: Tisler Reef, Skagerrak * Method/Device: Remote operated vehicle (ROV)
Comment:
This dataset covers the full 12-months experimental period and represents the final version to be used and cited. Previously (2024) published related datasets covering the first 6 months of the experiment are referenced here for completeness.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Type of study | Study type | Beck, Kristina K | |||
| 2 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Beck, Kristina K | Geocode | ||
| 3 | Treatment | Treat | Beck, Kristina K | |||
| 4 | Tank number | Tank No | Beck, Kristina K | |||
| 5 | Sample ID | Sample ID | Beck, Kristina K | |||
| 6 | Salinity | Sal | Beck, Kristina K | Multiparameter probe, YSI ProDIGITAL, Xylem | ||
| 7 | Temperature, water | Temp | °C | Beck, Kristina K | Multiparameter probe, YSI ProDIGITAL, Xylem | |
| 8 | Alkalinity, total | AT | µmol/kg | Beck, Kristina K | Total Alkalinity (Nand & Ellwood, 2018), SEAL AA3, SEAL Analytical Inc. | |
| 9 | pH, total scale | pHT | Beck, Kristina K | pH meter (Orion Versa Star Pro, Thermo Fisher Scientific) | ||
| 10 | Carbon, inorganic, dissolved | DIC | µmol/kg | Beck, Kristina K | calculated from carbonate chemistry using the CO2Sys Excel sheet (Pierrot, Lewis & Wallace, 2006) | |
| 11 | Carbon dioxide, partial pressure | pCO2 | µatm | Beck, Kristina K | calculated from carbonate chemistry using the CO2Sys Excel sheet (Pierrot, Lewis & Wallace, 2006) | |
| 12 | Bicarbonate ion | [HCO3]- | µmol/kg | Beck, Kristina K | calculated from carbonate chemistry using the CO2Sys Excel sheet (Pierrot, Lewis & Wallace, 2006) | |
| 13 | Carbonate ion | [CO3]2- | µmol/kg | Beck, Kristina K | calculated from carbonate chemistry using the CO2Sys Excel sheet (Pierrot, Lewis & Wallace, 2006) | |
| 14 | Carbon dioxide | CO2 | µmol/kg | Beck, Kristina K | calculated from carbonate chemistry using the CO2Sys Excel sheet (Pierrot, Lewis & Wallace, 2006) | |
| 15 | Aragonite saturation state | Omega Arg | Beck, Kristina K | calculated from carbonate chemistry using the CO2Sys Excel sheet (Pierrot, Lewis & Wallace, 2006) |
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Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC) * Processing Level: PANGAEA data processing level 3 (ProcLevel3)
Size:
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