EPOCA/EUR-OCEANS data compilation on the biological and biogeochemical responses to ocean acidification.

Nisumaa, A.-M., Pesant, S., Bellerby, R. G. J., Delille, B., Middelburg, J. J., Orr, J. C., Riebesell, Ulf , Tyrrell, T., Wolf-Gladrow, D. and Gattuso, J.-P. (2010) EPOCA/EUR-OCEANS data compilation on the biological and biogeochemical responses to ocean acidification. Open Access Earth System Science Data, 2 (2). pp. 167-175. DOI 10.5194/essd-2-167-2010.

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Abstract

The uptake of anthropogenic CO2 by the oceans has led to a rise in the oceanic partial pressure of CO2, and to a decrease in pH and carbonate ion concentration. This modification of the marine carbonate system is referred to as ocean acidification. Numerous papers report the effects of ocean acidification on marine organisms and communities but few have provided details concerning full carbonate chemistry and complementary observations. Additionally, carbonate system variables are often reported in different units, calculated using different sets of dissociation constants and on different pH scales. Hence the direct comparison of experimental results has been problematic and often misleading. The need was identified to (1) gather data on carbonate chemistry, biological and biogeochemical properties, and other ancillary data from published experimental data, (2) transform the information into common framework, and (3) make data freely available. The present paper is the outcome of an effort to integrate ocean carbonate chemistry data from the literature which has been supported by the European Network of Excellence for Ocean Ecosystems Analysis (EUR-OCEANS) and the European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA). A total of 185 papers were identified, 100 contained enough information to readily compute carbonate chemistry variables, and 81 data sets were archived at PANGAEA – The Publishing Network for Geoscientific & Environmental Data. This data compilation is regularly updated as an ongoing mission of EPOCA.

Document Type: Article
Funder compliance: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/211384
Keywords: Marine Biology; Biogeochemistry; EPOCA; EUR-OCEANS; ocean acidification
Research affiliation: NOC
MARUM
OceanRep > The Future Ocean - Cluster of Excellence
HGF-AWI
OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB2 Marine Biogeochemistry > FB2-BI Biological Oceanography
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: Yes
Publisher: Copernicus Publications (EGU)
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Projects: EPOCA, Future Ocean
Date Deposited: 29 Nov 2010 11:51
Last Modified: 20 Oct 2020 11:52
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/10201

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