Beneficial effects of diel CO2 cycles on reef fish metabolic performance are diminished under elevated temperature

Brief description

This data set contains data collected by Taryn Laubenstein of James Cook University in 2017 dealing with the effects of stable and diel-cycling elevated CO₂, as well as elevated temperature, on the behavioral and physiological performance of juvenile spiny damselfish, Acanthochromis polyacanthus.

Full description

This data set contains behavioral and physiological responses of juvenile spiny damselfish from an experiment which investigated the effects of stable and diel-cycling elevated CO₂ and temperature on the juvenile stage of a coral reef fish. The behavioral metric was routine activity, and was quantified as time active (seconds) and average swimming velocity (cm/ sec). The physiological metrics consisted of metabolic traits, i.e. resting and maximal oxygen uptake rates, and aerobic scope, and were measured using an intermittent flow respirometry system. The experiments were conducted at the National Sea Simulator (SeaSim) facility at the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) (Cape Cleveland, Australia). The fish were collected in July 2015 and experiments were conducted in April - November 2017.

The full methodology is available in the author's thesis (Chapter 4) and in the paper listed in the Related Publications links below.

Notes

"NA" in the data indicates data not obtained (e.g. pump failure)

This dataset is available as a spreadsheet in MS Excel (.xlsx) and Open Document formats (.ods)