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. Trace elements in the tissues and skeletons of corals at the end of the experiment were quantified by a quadrupole ICPMS (Thermo Elemental, X-Series). The metal concentrations in coral tissues are given in microgram per gram of dry weight tissue (μg g-1; dw).
Keywords:
Aquarium number; ATLAS; A Trans-Atlantic assessment and deep-water ecosystem-based spatial management plan for Europe; Cnidaria; Cobalt; Condor Seamounts; Copper; enzyme activity; experiment; Experimental treatment; gene expression; iAtlantic; ICP-MS; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; 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; Manganese; metabolism; metal bioaccumulation; MIDAS; North Atlantic; octocorals; Sample material; Sampling_Azores_Cold_Water_Octocoral; Specimen identification
Type:
Dataset
Format:
text/tab-separated-values, 182 data points
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