Southern Ocean Calcifier Vulnerability to Ocean Acidification: A Meta-Analysis

A review and meta-analysis synthesizing studies on the potential impacts of ocean acidification on marine calcifiers in the Southern Ocean. The work combines a literature review with quantitative analysis to project effects on a broad range of taxa, considering factors like skeletal mineralogy and biological traits. The dataset is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling species-specific vulnerability to acidification based on skeletal mineralogy (e.g., aragonite vs. calcite) mentioned in the description
• Projecting geographic risk for calcifiers in the Southern Ocean based on the review of species ranges
• Analyzing the interaction between ocean warming and acidification effects on high-Mg calcite species
• Identifying resilient low-Mg calcite species for conservation prioritization

Strengths

• Focuses on the Southern Ocean, a region projected to be severely affected by acidification.
• Integrates multiple factors: species range, mineralogy, biological traits, and potential adaptation strategies.
• Based on a quantitative meta-analysis of existing studies on biological responses.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Combined review and quantitative meta-analysis of scientific literature.

Time Range

Studies up to the publication date (2021).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 20:08:31.879713; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Southern Ocean