Seawater carbonate chemistry and ocean alkalinity enhancement on Oikopleura dioica abundances and their house production capacity

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Here, we assessed the response of a key gelatinous zooplankton species to ocean alkalinity enhancement in a 53-day mesocosm experiment in a temperate Norwegian fjord. Oikopleura dioica is a globally distributed zooplankton member, known for its high secondary production capacity and key role in vertical carbon flux. O. dioica continuously produces mucous feeding structures ('houses'), which efficiently retain submicron particles. Once discarded, these houses can sink rapidly and contribute to vertical carbon exports. To test the impacts of OAE on O. dioica abundances and their house production capacity, we exposed natural plankton communities to non-CO2-equilibrated OAE scenarios spanning a ΔTA range from 0–600 μmol/kg, using silicate-based (olivine) and calcium-based (slaked lime) minerals. Population dynamics of O. dioica were monitored alongside the plankton community, and targeted bottle incubations were used to quantify house production and feeding rates.This dataset is included in the OA-ICC data compilation maintained in the framework of the IAEA Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre (see https://oa-icc.ipsl.fr). Original data were downloaded from zenodo (see Source) by the OA-ICC data curator. In order to allow full comparability with other ocean acidification data sets, the R package seacarb (Gattuso et al, 2024) was used to compute a complete and consistent set of carbonate system variables, as described by Nisumaa et al. (2010). In this dataset the original values were archived in addition with the recalculated parameters (see related PI). The date of carbonate chemistry calculation by seacarb is 2026-05-18.

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DOI https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.995107
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0344503
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.983061
Related Identifier IsDerivedFrom https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.18011790
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2-167-2010
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-3771-2024
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-79-2016
Related Identifier References https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/seacarb/index.html
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.995107
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Creator Bhaumik, Amrita; Sánchez, Nicolás ORCID logo; Goldenberg, Silvan Urs ORCID logo; Spjelkavik, Synne; Couret, María (ORCID: 0000-0003-0501-376X); Riebesell, Ulf (ORCID: 0000-0002-9442-452X); Boersma, Maarten (ORCID: 0000-0003-1010-026X); Jaspers, Cornelia ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Contributor Yang, Yan
Publication Year 2026
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 2860 data points
Discipline Earth System Research