You're currently viewing an old version of this dataset. To see the current version, click here.

Seawater carbonate chemistry and data of predetor behaviour from lab experiment

Ocean acidification poses a range of threats to marine invertebrates; however, the emerging and likely widespread effects of rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels on marine invertebrate behaviour are still little understood. Here, we show that ocean acidification alters and impairs key ecological behaviours of the predatory cone snail Conus marmoreus. Projected near-future seawater CO2levels (975 µatm) increased activity in this coral reef molluscivore more than threefold (from less than 4 to more than 12 mm/min) and decreased the time spent buried to less than one-third when compared with the present-day control conditions (390 µatm). Despite increasing activity, elevated CO2 reduced predation rate during predator-prey interactions with control-treated humpbacked conch, Gibberulus gibberulus gibbosus; 60% of control predators successfully captured and consumed their prey, compared with only 10% of elevated CO2 predators. The alteration of key ecological behaviours of predatory invertebrates by near-future ocean acidification could have potentially far-reaching implications for predator-prey interactions and trophic dynamics in marine ecosystems. Combined evidence that the behaviours of both species in this predator-prey relationship are altered by elevated CO2 suggests food web interactions and ecosystem structure will become increasingly difficult to predict as ocean acidification advances over coming decades.

Data and Resources

This dataset has no data

Cite this as

Watson, Sue-Ann, Fields, Jennifer B, Munday, Philip L (2017). Dataset: Seawater carbonate chemistry and data of predetor behaviour from lab experiment. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.875095

DOI retrieved: 2017

Additional Info

Field Value
Imported on November 29, 2024
Last update November 29, 2024
License CC-BY-3.0
Source https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.875095
Author Watson, Sue-Ann
Given Name Sue-Ann
Family Name Watson
More Authors
Fields, Jennifer B
Munday, Philip L
Source Creation 2017
Publication Year 2017
Resource Type text/tab-separated-values - filename: Watson-etal_2017
Subject Areas
Name: BiologicalClassification

Name: Biosphere

Name: Chemistry

Name: Ecology

Related Identifiers
Title: Ocean acidification alters predator behaviour and reduces predation rate
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0797
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2017
Source: Biology Letters
Authors: Watson Sue-Ann , Fields Jennifer B , Munday Philip L , Watson Sue-Ann , Fields Jennifer B , Munday Philip L , Gattuso Jean-Pierre , Epitalon Jean-Marie , Lavigne Héloïse , Orr James C , Gentili Bernard , Proye Aurélien , Soetaert Karline , Rae James .

Title: Data from: Ocean acidification alters predator behaviour and reduces predation rate. Biology Letters
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.jc77j
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2017
Source: Dryad Digital Repository
Authors: Watson Sue-Ann , Fields Jennifer B , Munday Philip L , Watson Sue-Ann , Fields Jennifer B , Munday Philip L , Gattuso Jean-Pierre , Epitalon Jean-Marie , Lavigne Héloïse , Orr James C , Gentili Bernard , Proye Aurélien , Soetaert Karline , Rae James .

Title: seacarb: seawater carbonate chemistry with R. R package version 3.1
Identifier: https://cran.r-project.org/package=seacarb
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2016
Authors: Watson Sue-Ann , Fields Jennifer B , Munday Philip L , Watson Sue-Ann , Fields Jennifer B , Munday Philip L , Gattuso Jean-Pierre , Epitalon Jean-Marie , Lavigne Héloïse , Orr James C , Gentili Bernard , Proye Aurélien , Soetaert Karline , Rae James .