Data from: Accounting for variation in temperature and oxygen availability when quantifying marine ecosystem metabolism
DOI10.5281/zenodo.5839109Zenodo5839109MaRDI QIDQ6692594FDOQ6692594
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Stephany Lira, Luke P. Miller, Cascade Sorte, Sarah Mastroni, Matthew Bracken
Publication date: 11 January 2022
Given human modification of Earth's ecosystems, it is essential to understand how these changes are influencing ecosystem functioning, including net and gross community production and community respiration. These responses are often estimated by measuring oxygen production in the light (net community production) and consumption in the dark (community respiration). These values can then be combined to estimate gross community production. However, the method used to create "dark" conditions – either experimental darkening during the day or conducting measurements at night – could result in different estimates of respiration and production. These data were used to test this prediction and include measurements of oxygen concentrations under daytime "ambient" light conditions, in darkened tide pools during the day, and during nighttime low tides. We made measurements every 1-3 months over one year in southeastern Alaska. We found that daytime respiration rates were substantially higher than those measured at night. These differences were associated with higher temperature and oxygen levels during the day and led to major differences in estimates of gross community production calculated using daytime versus nighttime respiration measurements. Our results highlight the need to measure respiration rates during both day and night to account for effects of temperature and oxygen.
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