Publication Date:
2024-02-27
Description:
We report the results of an aquaria-based experiment testing the effects of suspended particles generated during potential mining activities, on a common habitat-building coral species in the Azores, Dentomuricea aff. meteor. Coral fragments were maintained in 10-L aquaria and exposed to three experimental treatments for a period of four weeks at the DeepSeaLab aquaria facilities (Okeanos-University of the Azores): (1) control conditions (no added sediments); (2) suspended polymetallic sulphide (PMS) particles; (3) suspended quartz particles. Seawater physical-chemical parameters were measured daily in each aquarium. Seawater salinity was measured with a S30 SevenEasy™ conductivity meter, pH and temperature with a glass electrode (Crison pH 25+), and oxygen with a Fibox4 (PreSens) with a Oxygen Dipping Probe DP-PSt3. Seawater samples for inorganic nutrient analyses were collected on times 0 (immediately before the start of the experiment), and once a week on days 6, 13, 20 and 27 of the experiment and determined using a colorimetric autoanalyzer Sanplus with segmented flow.
Keywords:
Ammonia+Ammonium; Aquarium number; ATLAS; A Trans-Atlantic assessment and deep-water ecosystem-based spatial management plan for Europe; Cnidaria; Colorimetric autoanalysis; Condor Seamounts; Conductivity meter, S30 SevenEasy; Dissolved oxygen, in water, interpolated; enzyme activity; experiment; Experimental treatment; Experiment duration; Fiber optic oxygen meter, Fibox 4, Presens, Germany; gene expression; Glass electrode (Crison pH 25+); iAtlantic; Integrated Assessment of Atlantic Marine Ecosystems in Space and Time; JPI Oceans - Ecological Aspects of Deep-Sea Mining; JPIO-MiningImpact; Managing Impacts of Deep-seA reSource exploitation; metabolism; metal bioaccumulation; MIDAS; Nitrate; North Atlantic; octocorals; pH; Salinity; Sampling_Azores_Cold_Water_Octocoral; Temperature, water
Type:
Dataset
Format:
text/tab-separated-values, 913 data points
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