Dataset: Symbiodinium cell density, chlorophyll, respiration, photosynthetic yield in Seriatopora coral, Taiwan, 2010 (MCR LTER project, Climate_Coral_Larvae project)

Final no updates expectedVersion 2014-08-12 (2014-08-12)Dataset Type:Unknown

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

Scientist: Tung-Yung Fan (National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium)

Student: Mr Chris B. Wall (Santa Monica College)

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


Program: Long Term Ecological Research network (LTER)

Project: Moorea Coral Reef Long-Term Ecological Research site (MCR LTER)

Project: The ecophysiological basis of the response of coral larvae and early life history stages to global climate change (Climate_Coral_Larvae)

We hypothesized that ocean acidification would cause bleaching as defined by decreased photochemical efficiency, reduced photosynthetic capacity and efficiency, depressed chlorophyll a content, and lowered Symbiodinium densities and that these effects would be exacerbated with high temperature.

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These data were published in C. B. Wall, T.-Y. Fan, P. J. Edmunds (2014) Ocean acidification has no effect on thermal bleaching in the coral. Coral Reefs 33:119-13. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-013-1085-2.

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