Southern Ocean Calcifier Vulnerability to Acidification: A Meta-Analysis

A 2021 review and meta-analysis synthesizes knowledge on how ocean acidification impacts marine calcifiers in the Southern Ocean. The work combines a literature review with quantitative analysis of biological responses, focusing on species' skeletal mineralogy, geographic range, and biological traits. It was published in Frontiers in Marine Science and is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Projecting species vulnerability based on skeletal mineralogy (e.g., aragonite vs. calcite) as described in the meta-analysis.
• Analyzing geographic range data for Southern Ocean taxa to assess regional risk factors.
• Studying the interaction between ocean acidification and warming on biological traits like development and growth rate.
• Identifying resilient low-Mg calcite species versus vulnerable aragonitic species for conservation prioritization.

Strengths

• Based on a published peer-reviewed study in Frontiers in Marine Science (doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.584445).
• Quantitative meta-analysis integrates findings from multiple studies on biological responses.
• Focuses on the Southern Ocean, a region projected to be severely affected by acidification.

Limitations

• The dataset appears to be the article's HTML content; underlying raw meta-analysis data may not be directly available.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative reuse.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network (data_gov_au)

Collection Method

Review and quantitative meta-analysis of existing scientific literature.

Time Range

Study published in 2021; temporal coverage of reviewed literature is not specified.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 21:24:00.195273; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Southern Ocean