Dataset: Calcification Rates and Biomass of 4 Coral Species, 2 Temperatures and 2 pCO2 Levels from Experiments at LTER site in Moorea, French Polynesia, 2011 (OA_Corals project)

Name: Calcification Rates and Biomass of 4 Coral Species, 2 Temperatures and 2 pCO2 Levels from Experiments at LTER site in Moorea, French Polynesia, 2011 (OA_Corals project)
Published: 2016-04-04
Keywords: ocean acidification, calcification, corals, Pocillopora meandrina, Porites, Acropora pulchra, Millepora platyphylla, LTER, Moorea, biota, oceans

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.641945Version (2016-04-04)Dataset Type:experimental

Principal Investigator: Peter J. Edmunds (California State University Northridge)

Student, Contact: Darren J Brown (California State University Northridge)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Program: Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability NSF-Wide Investment (SEES): Ocean Acidification (formerly CRI-OA) (SEES-OA)

Project: RUI: Ocean Acidification- Category 1- The effects of ocean acidification on the organismic biology and community ecology of corals, calcified algae, and coral reefs (OA_Corals)

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Centroid: latitude: -17.4907, longitude: -149.826
Temporal Extent: 2011-01-01 - 2011-04-30

Area-normalized calcification (mg cm-2 d-1) and biomass normalized calcification (mg mg-1) for Pocillopora meandrina, massive Porites spp., Acropora pulchra and Millepora platyphylla, as a function of pCO2 (408 µatm versus 913 µatm) and temperature (28.0°C and 30.1°C), collected in Moorea 2011.

Related Reference:
Darren Brown, Peter J. Edmunds. Differences in the responses of three scleractinians and the hydrocoral Millepora platyphylla to ocean acidification. Marine Biology, 2016 (in press).

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