Ocean Acidification Effects on Caribbean Bioeroders, Florida Keys 2018

Lab-based measurements from Cheeca Rocks Reef, Florida Keys, collected between June 11 and July 12, 2018, quantify the impact of ocean acidification on two major Caribbean bioeroders: endolithic algae and reef-excavating sponges. The dataset was contributed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to address a gap in understanding how ocean acidification enhances bioerosion in Atlantic Ocean species. It likely contains physiological and bioerosion rate measurements for these organisms under controlled conditions.

Use Cases

• Modeling coral reef net erosion under future ocean acidification scenarios based on quantified bioerosion rates.
• Comparing the chemical and mechanical erosion responses of Caribbean sponges and algae to Pacific species.
• Assessing the physiological fitness of bioeroders in acidified conditions as described in the study.
• Investigating the relative contributions of microboring algae and macroboring sponges to reef carbonate budgets.

Strengths

• Data focuses on a specific and understudied geographic region: the Caribbean and Northwest Atlantic Ocean.
• Measurements were collected during a defined one-month period from June 11 to July 12, 2018.
• The study design independently evaluates two distinct bioeroder types with different erosion mechanisms.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from a single reef site and one-month period, which may limit generalizability.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Laboratory experiment measurements collected from Cheeca Rocks Reef.

Time Range

from 2018-06-11 to 2018-07 12

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-05 23:33:53.042490; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cheeca Rocks Reef, Florida Keys, Northwest Atlantic Ocean