Southern Ocean Calcifier Responses to Acidification: A Meta-Analysis

A 2021 meta-analysis synthesizes studies on the vulnerability of Southern Ocean marine calcifiers to projected ocean acidification. The work combines a literature review with quantitative analysis, focusing on species' skeletal mineralogy, geographic range, and biological traits. It was published in Frontiers in Marine Science and is hosted by Geoscience Australia.

Use Cases

• Modeling species-specific vulnerability to acidification based on skeletal mineralogy (e.g., aragonite vs. calcite).
• Projecting future ecosystem changes in the Southern Ocean based on biological traits and geographic ranges.
• Analyzing the correlation between mineralogical composition and biological responses like growth rate and shell state.

Strengths

• Based on a published peer-reviewed meta-analysis in Frontiers in Marine Science.
• Explicitly quantifies key environmental changes, such as a projected surface seawater pH decline of ~0.3 by 2100.
• Considers multiple factors influencing vulnerability: mineralogy, geographic range, and biological traits.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The underlying primary data from the meta-analysis is not directly accessible, only the review findings.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Combined literature review and quantitative meta-analysis of existing studies.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 17:55:14.519194; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Southern Ocean