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. 2020 Feb 19;10:2948. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-59886-4

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
(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).