Dataset: Calcification rates for experiments investigating impact of ocean acidification on coral (S. siderea) calcification and morphometry.

Preliminary and in progressVersion 1 (2017-12-28)Dataset Type:experimental

Principal Investigator: Justin B. Ries (Northeastern University)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Megan Switzer (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Project: A combined boron isotope, pH microelectrode and pH-sensitive dye approach to constraining acid/base chemistry in the calcifying fluids of corals (CoralCalcifyFluid_pH)

Dry weight, buoyant weight, and surface area data for the S. siderea coral specimens investigated for the study: Impact of ocean acidification on coral (Siderastrea siderea) calcification and corallite morphology.  Dry weights were calculated using the empirically derived buoyant weight-dry weight regression equations.

See also related datasets for seawater chemistry and Siderastrea siderea corallite morphometry:
​Seawater chemistry
Corallite morphometry

Data are published in:

Horvath, K.M., Ries, J.B., Castillo, K.D., Westfield, I.T., Armstrong, P., Courtney, T., 2016, Next-century ocean acidification and warming both reduce calcification rate, but only acidification alters skeletal morphology of reef-building coral Siderastrea siderea. Scientific Reports 6: 29613. doi: 10.1038/srep29613

Please see manuscript for complete methodology. 


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