Metabolism Relative to Metabolism at Current pH
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Metabolism Relative to Metabolism at Current pH
Summary Statistics Table for all Organism Categories
Decline in pH from the Present
All Organism Categories 0.0 to 0.09 0.09 to 0.17 0.17 to 0.3 0.3 to 0.5 More than 0.5
Number of Results
6 9 81 25 119
Number of Organisms
4 6 23 20 27
Data Table of Metabolism Response by Organism Category Click on the links below to expand/view the data in each category by individual organism.
Decline in pH from the Present
Organism Category
0.0 to 0.09 0.09 to 0.17 0.17 to 0.3 0.3 to 0.5 More than 0.5
Bivalves Number of Results
0 0 2 4 61
Number of Organisms
0 0 1 2 5
Arithmetic Mean
0.00 0.00 1.25 1.23 0.66
Standard Error
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.16 0.06
Corals Number of Results
3 6 14 3 2
Number of Organisms
2 4 6 1 1
Arithmetic Mean
1.06 0.98 1.15 0.86 0.89
Standard Error
0.06 0.09 0.15 0.00 0.00
Phytoplankton : Copepods Number of Results
0 0 0 1 0
Number of Organisms
0 0 0 1 0
Arithmetic Mean
0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.00
Standard Error
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Echinoderms Number of Results
0 0 3 3 2
Number of Organisms
0 0 2 2 1
Arithmetic Mean
0.00 0.00 1.06 1.33 1.38
Standard Error
0.00 0.00 0.16 0.15 0.00
Fish Number of Results
0 0 0 1 18
Number of Organisms
0 0 0 1 3
Arithmetic Mean
0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.94
Standard Error
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05
Gastropods Number of Results
0 0 0 0 2
Number of Organisms
0 0 0 0 1
Arithmetic Mean
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00
Standard Error
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Macroalgae Number of Results
0 0 16 12 16
Number of Organisms
0 0 2 12 14
Arithmetic Mean
0.00 0.00 1.08 1.18 1.43
Standard Error
0.00 0.00 0.09 0.05 0.13
Microalgae Number of Results
0 0 0 0 4
Number of Organisms
0 0 0 0 1
Arithmetic Mean
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.12
Standard Error
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Netamodes Number of Results
0 0 0 0 14
Number of Organisms
0 0 0 0 1
Arithmetic Mean
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.89
Standard Error
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Phytoplankton : Coccolithophores Number of Results
2 0 5 0 0
Number of Organisms
1 0 1 0 0
Arithmetic Mean
0.99 0.00 1.96 0.00 0.00
Standard Error
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Phytoplankton : Cyanobacteria Number of Results
0 0 16 0 0
Number of Organisms
0 0 5 0 0
Arithmetic Mean
0.00 0.00 2.14 0.00 0.00
Standard Error
0.00 0.00 0.50 0.00 0.00
Phytoplankton : Diatoms Number of Results
0 0 0 1 0
Number of Organisms
0 0 0 1 0
Arithmetic Mean
0.00 0.00 0.00 1.06 0.00
Standard Error
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Phytoplankton : Other Number of Results
0 0 8 0 0
Number of Organisms
0 0 2 0 0
Arithmetic Mean
0.00 0.00 1.66 0.00 0.00
Standard Error
0.00 0.00 0.21 0.00 0.00
Seagrass Number of Results
1 3 17 0 0
Number of Organisms
1 2 4 0 0
Arithmetic Mean
1.00 1.20 1.12 0.00 0.00
Standard Error
0.00 0.04 0.11 0.00 0.00
