Table 1.
Physical-chemical variables and main carbonate parameters measured in situ and in control or acidified treatments.
System | S | T (°C) | pH | TA | DIC | pCO2 | HCO3− | CO32− | ΩAr | ΩCa | |
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(µmol kg−1) | (µmol kg−1) | (µatm) | (µmol kg−1) | (µmol kg−1) | |||||||
in situ conditions | 13.6 ± 0.5 | 38.1 ± 0.2 | 8.06 ± 0.01 | 2586 ± 4 | 2332 ± 3 | 416 ± 1 | 2115 ± 3 | 210 ± 4 | 2.72 ± 0.01 | 4.17 ± 0.01 | |
Control (86 days average) | Coral alone | 13.5 ± 0.1 | 37.6 ± 0.1 | 8.14 ± 0.01 | 2699 ± 61 | 2399 ± 53 | 362 ± 9 | 2169 ± 46 | 217 ± 8 | 4.80 ± 0.19 | 3.31 ± 0.13 |
Coral + Coralligenous | 13.6 ± 0.1 | 37.5 ± 0.1 | 8.13 ± 0.01 | 2648 ± 60 | 2357 ± 53 | 363 ± 9 | 2135 ± 47 | 208 ± 7 | 4.62 ± 0.16 | 3.18 ± 0.11 | |
Acidified Treatment (86 days average) | Coral alone | 13.4 ± 0.1 | 37.5 ± 0.1 | 7.84 ± 0.01 | 2843 ± 35 | 2669 ± 13 | 818 ± 97 | 2494 ± 21 | 144 ± 21 | 3.19 ± 0.46 | 2.20 ± 0.31 |
Coral + Coralligenous | 13.6 ± 0.1 | 37.6 ± 0.1 | 7.84 ± 0.01 | 2790 ± 37 | 2621 ± 20 | 807 ± 87 | 2451 ± 24 | 139 ± 19 | 3.09 ± 0.42 | 2.13 ± 0.29 | |
Acidified Treatment (on day 86) | Coral alone | 13.4 ± 0.2 | 37.8 ± 0.2 | 7.74 ± 0.01 | 2767 ± 50 | 2663 ± 39 | 1064 ± 33 | 2522 ± 33 | 100 ± 7 | 2.21 ± 0.16 | 1.53 ± 0.11 |
Coral + Coralligenous | 13.4 ± 0.2 | 37.8 ± 0.1 | 7.74 ± 0.01 | 2692 ± 87 | 2588 ± 82 | 1020 ± 24 | 2451 ± 76 | 98 ± 5 | 2.18 ± 0.11 | 1.50 ± 0.08 |
For the controls and acidified treatments, reported are salinity (S); temperature (T); total alkalinity (TA); dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC); partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2); bicarbonates concentration (HCO3−); carbonates concentration (CO32−); aragonite saturation state (ΩAr); calcite saturation state (ΩCa).