Schubert, Nadine; Hofmann, Laurie C; Almeida Saá, Antonella C; Moreira, Anderson Camargo; Arenhart, Rafael Güntzel; Fernandes, Celso Peres; de Beer, Dirk; Horta, Paulo Antunes; Silva, João (2021): Seawater carbonate chemistry and gross photosynthesis, respiration, calcification of coralline algae [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.937216
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Abstract:
Rhodolith beds built by free-living coralline algae are important ecosystems for marine biodiversity and carbonate production. Yet, our mechanistic understanding regarding rhodolith physiology and its drivers is still limited. Using three rhodolith species with different branching morphologies, we investigated the role of morphology in species' physiology and the implications for their susceptibility to ocean acidification (OA). For this, we determined the effects of thallus topography on diffusive boundary layer (DBL) thickness, the associated microscale oxygen and pH dynamics and their relationship with species' metabolic and light and dark calcification rates, as well as species' responses to short-term OA exposure. Our results show that rhodolith branching creates low-flow microenvironments that exhibit increasing DBL thickness with increasing branch length. This, together with species' metabolic rates, determined the light-dependent pH dynamics at the algal surface, which in turn dictated species' calcification rates. While these differences did not translate in species-specific responses to short-term OA exposure, the differences in the magnitude of diurnal pH fluctuations ( 0.1–1.2 pH units) between species suggest potential differences in phenotypic plasticity to OA that may result in different susceptibilities to long-term OA exposure, supporting the general view that species' ecomechanical characteristics must be considered for predicting OA responses.
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Benthos; Calcification/Dissolution; Coast and continental shelf; Containers and aquaria (20-1000 L or < 1 m**2); Laboratory experiment; Lithophyllum atlanticum; Lithothamnion crispatum; Macroalgae; Melyvonnea erubescens; Plantae; Primary production/Photosynthesis; Respiration; Rhodophyta; Single species; South Atlantic; Temperate
Supplement to:
Schubert, Nadine; Hofmann, Laurie C; Almeida Saá, Antonella C; Moreira, Anderson Camargo; Arenhart, Rafael Güntzel; Fernandes, Celso Peres; de Beer, Dirk; Horta, Paulo Antunes; Silva, João (2021): Calcification in free-living coralline algae is strongly influenced by morphology: Implications for susceptibility to ocean acidification. Scientific Reports, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90632-6
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: -26.726300 * Longitude: -47.633000
Comment:
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 2021-10-12.
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
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Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
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198 data points