Short-term metabolic and growth responses of the cold-water coral lophelia pertusa to ocean acidification

Cold-water corals are amongst the most three-dimensionally complex deep-sea habitats known and are associated with high local biodiversity. Despite their importance as ecosystem engineers, little is known about how these organisms will respond to projected ocean acidification. Since preindustrial times, average ocean pH has already decreased from 8.2 to ~ 8.1. Predicted CO2 emissions will decrease this by up to another 0.3 pH units by the end of the century. This decrease in pH may have a wide range of impacts upon marine life, and in particular upon calcifiers such as cold-water corals. Lophelia pertusa is the most widespread cold-water coral (CWC) species, frequently found in the North Atlantic. Data here relate to a short term data set (21 days) on metabolism and net calcification rates of freshly collected L. pertusa from Mingulay Reef Complex, Scotland. These data from freshly collected L. pertusa from the Mingulay Reef Complex will help define the impact of ocean acidification upon the growth, physiology and structural integrity of this key reef framework forming species.

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Hennige, Sebastian, Wicks, L C, Kamenos, N A, Bakker, Dorothee C E, Findlay, Helen S, Dumousseaud, Cynthia, Roberts, J Murray (2014). Dataset: Short-term metabolic and growth responses of the cold-water coral lophelia pertusa to ocean acidification. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.820339

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Source https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.820339
Author Hennige, Sebastian
Given Name Sebastian
Family Name Hennige
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Wicks, L C
Kamenos, N A
Bakker, Dorothee C E
Findlay, Helen S
Dumousseaud, Cynthia
Roberts, J Murray
Source Creation 2014
Publication Year 2014
Resource Type text/tab-separated-values - filename: Hennige_2013
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Name: BiologicalClassification

Name: Chemistry

Name: Oceans

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Title: Short-term metabolic and growth responses of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa to ocean acidification
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.07.005
Type: DOI
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Year: 2014
Source: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
Authors: Hennige Sebastian , Wicks L C , Kamenos N A , Bakker Dorothee C E , Findlay Helen S , Dumousseaud Cynthia , Roberts J Murray .

Title: Short-Term Responses of the Cold Water Coral Lophelia Pertusa to Ocean Acidification
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.5285/a931a96d-f08d-4e7d-af30-866f5e3e8fd8
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Year: 2012
Source: British Oceanographic Data Cente, Natural Environment Research Council
Authors: Hennige Sebastian , Wicks L C , Roberts J Murray , Lavigne Héloïse , Gattuso Jean-Pierre .

Title: UKOA project Theme C
Identifier: https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/226210/
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Authors: Hennige Sebastian , Wicks L C , Roberts J Murray , Lavigne Héloïse , Gattuso Jean-Pierre .

Title: seacarb: seawater carbonate chemistry with R. R package version 2.4
Identifier: https://cran.r-project.org/package=seacarb
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2011
Authors: Hennige Sebastian , Wicks L C , Roberts J Murray , Lavigne Héloïse , Gattuso Jean-Pierre .