Data for: Warming enhances the effects of acidification on aquatic biota: a global meta-analysis

Global elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration-induced acidification poses
a great threat to aquatic organisms worldwide. However, a comprehensive
understanding of the response variability to acidification is still
lacking, especially in the context of concurrent global warming.
Addressing the response patterns of aquatic biota to acidification in the
context of warming can facilitate the identification and prediction of
probable consequences of global climate change. Acidification had
a significant positive effect on primary producers and decomposers, yet a
significant negative effect on consumers. We found that invertebrates were
the most negatively affected of all organisms, and the marine ecosystems
are suffering more severity of acidification than freshwater ecosystems.
We further found that the response magnitude showed a significant dose
effect, indicating that reducing greenhouse gas emissions would minimize
the impact of acidification. In addition, we found that higher
temperatures enhanced the sensitivity of primary producers to
acidification, suggesting that global climate warming may interact with
acidification in a synergistic way.