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UK Ocean Acidification flume mesocosm data quantifying the response of sediment microbial communities and N-cycling functional guilds to high CO2.
| Title |
UK Ocean Acidification flume mesocosm data quantifying the response of sediment microbial communities and N-cycling functional guilds to high CO2. |
|---|---|
| Author(s) |
Tait K. (1);
Currie A. (2)
(1) Plymouth Marine Laboratory; (2) Scottish Association for Marine Science |
| Subject | oceans, geoscientificInformation, biota |
| Abstract |
A custom-built flume (mesocosm) facility was used to manipulate CO2 and temperature in order to test the impacts of seawater acidification and warming on microbial taxonomic marker and nitrogen cycling-gene abundances in both muddy and sandy coastal sediments. Experimental treatment levels contained representatives of present day CO2 and temperature levels and of those expected by 2100 under a 'business-as-usual' scenario (IPCC, 2007), with an emphasis on the interactive effects of reduced pH and increased sea water temperature on benthic microorganisms. |
| Temporal coverage | 12 March 2012 - 23 July 2012 |
| Spatial coverage | North Sea |
| File format | Delimited |
| Language | English |
| Discovery metadata record | Link to the related European Directory of Marine Environmental Data (EDMED) record |
| Publisher | British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK |
| Publication date | 01 August 2017 |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | doi:10.5285/559dfa45-285a-4323-e053-6c86abc0ed6c |
| Short DOI | doi:10/b99t |
| Citation text | Tait K.; Currie A.(2017). UK Ocean Acidification flume mesocosm data quantifying the response of sediment microbial communities and N-cycling functional guilds to high CO2. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/b99t. |