Saccostrea glomerata (Sydney Rock Oyster) - Meta Analysis Dataset Repository

Saccostrea glomerata (Sydney Rock Oyster) - Meta Analysis Dataset Repository:

Dataset used to do 8 separate meta-analyses on the following topics for Saccostrea glomerata (Sydney Rock Oyster):

1.    Ocean acidification and size

2.    Ocean acidification and mortality

3.    Ocean warming and size

4.    Ocean warming and mortality

5.    Transgenerational exposure to ocean acidification and size

6.     Transgenerational exposure to ocean acidification and mortality

7.     Transgenerational exposure to ocean warming effect and size

8.    Transgenerational exposure to ocean warming and mortality

Dataset contains:

Original code and all associated data files in order to reproduce the work within the "Code and Formatted Data" Folder.

Datasheets containing the raw data extracted from the papers identified during the literature searches 

Description of the data and file structure

R-Markdown file contains the original code required to reproduce the results outlined in this paper

All datasheets appended with "_Formatted_For_Effect_Sizes" were used to generate the effect sizes required for the meta-analysis

All datasheets appended with "_Extracted_Raw_Data" are the raw data extracted from the papers identified during the literature searches

Abbreviations

OA - Ocean Acidification

Temp - Temperature

Transgen - Transgenerational Exposure

Mort - Mortality

Abstract

Global oceans are warming and acidifying because of increasing greenhouse gas emissions which are anticipated to have cascading impacts on marine ecosystems and organisms, especially those essential for biodiversity and food security. Despite this concern, there remains some scepticism about the reproducibility and reliability of research done to predict the future climate change impacts on marine organisms. Here we present meta-analyses of over two decades of research on the climate change impacts on an ecologically and economically valuable Sydney rock oyster, Saccostrea glomerata. We confirm with high confidence that ocean acidification has a significant impact on mortality and size of S. glomerata, that ocean warming has a significant impact on mortality, but not size, and transgenerational exposure has positive benefits to offspring. These meta-analyses reveal impacts of climate change on an ecologically and economically significant oyster species and recommends solutions for experimental designs to ensure sustainability of this iconic oyster.