A laboratory experiment examined temperate crustose coralline algae assemblages under combined warming and acidification projected under low, medium, and high emissions scenarios. Net calcification and net photosynthesis significantly declined in all emissions scenarios, while reductions in growth rates and increases in bleaching were observed in the highest emission scenario. The data, hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network, suggests adverse impacts may occur by 2030 if current emissions are sustained.
Use Cases
- Modeling future impacts of ocean change on marine calcifiers based on experimental responses to combined warming and acidification.
- Assessing the sensitivity of keystone species to different emissions scenarios based on measured net calcification and photosynthesis.
- Evaluating ecosystem service risks for invertebrate fisheries based on the documented decline in settlement cues provided by crustose coralline algae.
Strengths
- Data is derived from a controlled laboratory experiment examining three distinct emissions scenarios (low, medium, high).
- The description reports statistically significant declines in key physiological metrics across all tested scenarios.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Freshness should be verified as the last updated date is 2026-06-16 19:37:00.497389.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Laboratory experiment
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-16 19:37:00.497389