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.
Edmunds, P. J., Fan, T. (2014) Seriatopora bleaching expt: water pH and carbonate chemistry, Taiwan 2010 (MCR LTER project, Climate_Coral_Larvae project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 2014-08-12) Version Date 2014-08-12 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/522631 [access date]
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