Technical note: An autonomous flow-through salinity and temperature perturbation mesocosm system for multi-stressor experiments

Miller, Cale A.; Urrutti, Pierre; Gattuso, Jean-Pierre; Comeau, Steeve; Lebrun, Anaïs; Alliouane, Samir; Schlegel, Robert W.; Gazeau, Frédéric

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-315-2024

Articles | Volume 21, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-315-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-315-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 1

Technical note

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17 Jan 2024

Technical note |

| 17 Jan 2024

Technical note: An autonomous flow-through salinity and temperature perturbation mesocosm system for multi-stressor experiments

Cale A. Miller, Pierre Urrutti, Jean-Pierre Gattuso, Steeve Comeau, Anaïs Lebrun, Samir Alliouane, Robert W. Schlegel, and Frédéric Gazeau

Data sets

Measurements of An Autonomous Flow through Salinity and Temperature Perturbation Mesocosm System for a Multi-stressor Experiment C. A. Miller, P. Urrutti, J.-P. Gattuso, S. Comeau, A. Lebrun, S. Alliouane, R. Schlegel, and F. Gazeau https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.961785

Short summary

This work describes an experimental system that can replicate and manipulate environmental conditions in marine or aquatic systems. Here, we show how the temperature and salinity of seawater delivered from a fjord is manipulated to experimental tanks on land. By constantly monitoring temperature and salinity in each tank via a computer program, the system continuously adjusts automated flow valves to ensure the seawater in each tank matches the targeted experimental conditions.