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

The Southern Ocean is a region projected to be among the first and most severely affected by ocean acidification. This dataset is a review and quantitative meta-analysis combining studies on the skeletal mineralogy and biological responses of marine calcifiers to projected pH declines. It was published in Frontiers in Marine Science in 2021 and aggregated by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Projecting species-specific risk to ocean acidification based on skeletal mineralogy (e.g., aragonite vs. calcite) mentioned in the description
• Analyzing the combined effects of ocean warming and acidification on biological traits and physiological processes
• Identifying potential resilience strategies for marine calcifiers in the Southern Ocean based on geographic range and biological control factors

Strengths

• Focuses on the Southern Ocean, a region identified as likely to be first and most severely affected by ocean acidification
• Integrates a quantitative meta-analysis with a review, considering species' geographic range, mineralogy, and biological traits
• Based on a published peer-reviewed study in Frontiers in Marine Science (2021)

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

Review and quantitative meta-analysis of existing studies

Time Range

Studies up to 2021

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 23:26:04.139567; freshness should be verified

Geography

Southern Ocean