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Potential impacts of ocean acidification on the Puget Sound food web from a model study (NCEI Accession 0134852)

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This dataset contains output from a study designed to evaluate the impacts of ocean acidification on the food web of Puget Sound, a large estuary in the northwestern USA. An Ecopath with Ecosim model of Puget Sound was forced with scenarios designed to mimic some of the biological consequences of ocean acidification, specifically the decline in the productivity of functional groups that contain mostly calcifiers. Other functional groups in the model were allowed to respond to the scenarios in a dynamic way through indirect effects. Model output was used to calculate percent change in biomass of various model functional groups and in fisheries yield between model runs with and without ocean acidification scenarios. This information yields insight into potential changes in ecosystem services and food web structure that may occur in the Puget Sound as acidification increases.
  • Cite as: Busch, D. Shallin; Harvey, Chris; McElhany, Paul (2016). Potential impacts of ocean acidification on the Puget Sound food web from a model study (NCEI Accession 0134852). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5xs5smw. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 2009-07-01 to 2013-03-17
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -122.6872
East: -122.3321
South: 47.2529
North: 47.9498
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General Documentation
Associated Resources
  • Busch, D. S., C. Harvey, P. McElhany. 2013. Potential impacts of ocean acidification on the Puget Sound food web. ICES Journal of Marine Science 70(4): 823-833. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fst061
  • NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2022). Ocean Carbon and Acidification Data System (OCADS). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/ocean-carbon-acidification-data-system
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2016-10-12
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed
Purpose To model potential impacts of ocean acidification in Puget Sound on harvested species groups and other species groups that provide ecosystem services
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Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Busch, D. Shallin; Harvey, Chris; McElhany, Paul (2016). Potential impacts of ocean acidification on the Puget Sound food web from a model study (NCEI Accession 0134852). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5xs5smw. Accessed [date].
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  • Funding Information: NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (Modeling Ecosystem Effects of Ocean Acidification in the North Pacific, OAPFY13.03.NWFSC.004)
Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
OCADS Study Type
  • Model output
Provider Keywords
  • (a) Crustaceans, (b) calcifying molluscs, and (c) echinoderms; Ecosystem response: demersal fishes, pelagic fishes, benthic grazers, small crusaceans, copepods, small gelatinous zooplankton, suspension feeders, soft infauna.
  • Copepods
  • Crustaceans: Microzooplankton, Barnacles, Euphausiids, small crustaceans, shrimp, macrozooplankton, copepods, and crab.
  • Ecopath with Ecosim
  • Salmon, Herring, Lingcod, Rockfish, Flatfish, Squid and Octopus, Shrimp, Cancer crab, Urchin, Sea cucumbers, Bivalves.
  • Spiny dogfish, skates, ratish, Pacific cod, Walleye pollock, lingcod (juveniles, adults), rockfish (juveniles, adults), piscivorous flatfish, small-mouthed flatfish, andsmall demersal fish.
  • Wild salmon (juveniles, adults), hatchery salmon (juveniles, adults), pink salmon (juveniles, adults), Pacific herring (juveniles, adults), forage fish, surf perches, and Pacific hake
  • a) three single-functional group scenarios on crustaceans (macrozooplankton, euphausiids, or copepods) and (b) three single-functional group scenarios on echinoderms (urchins, large sea cucumbers, or seastars), (c) multitaxa; Ecosystem response: salmon, herring, lingcod, rockfish, flatfish, squid and octopus, shrimp, cancer crab, urchin, sea cucumbers, bivalves.
  • calcifying molluscs: predatory gastropods, geoducks, mussels, infaunal bivalves, benthic grazers
  • demersal fishes
  • echinoderms: Large sea cucumbers urchins, deposit feeders, sea stars
  • echinoderms; Ecosystem response: salmon, herring, lingcod, rockfish, flatfish, squid and octopus, shrimp, cancer crab, urchin, sea cucumbers, bivalves
  • ecosystem services
  • fisheries management
  • fishery yield
  • food webs
  • forage fish, bird and marine mammal biomass
  • infaunal bivlaves, euphausiids, copepods; Ecosystem response: forage fish, sea lions, harbour seals, migratory diving birds, resident diving birds, nearshore diving birds, herbivorous birds, gulls, eagles.
  • pelagic fishes
  • trophic cascade
Provider Variable Abbreviations
  • Demersal fishes
  • Figure 2
  • Figure 3
  • Figure 4
  • Figure 5
  • Figure 6
  • Pelagic fishes
  • Supplementary Figure 1
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords Provider Geographic Names
  • Puget Sound, Washington
Project keywords NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Ocean Acidification Search Keywords
  • Ocean Acidification Program (OAP)
  • Ocean Carbon and Acidification Data System (OCADS) Project
Keywords NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: Busch, D. Shallin; Harvey, Chris; McElhany, Paul (2016). Potential impacts of ocean acidification on the Puget Sound food web from a model study (NCEI Accession 0134852). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5xs5smw. Accessed [date].
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  • 2016-10-12T15:19:12Z - NCEI Accession 0134852 v1.1 was published.
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  • Parameter or Variable: Percent change in biomass; Abbreviation: Figure 2; Observation type: Model output; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: Data are percent change in biomass, relative to the baseline model run, for functional groups labelled in column headings in response to the scenarios given in the worksheet tab with scenario strength in given by the row name. Functional groups for the Puget Sound Ecopath with Ecosim model are defined in Harvey et al 2010.; Biological subject: (a) Crustaceans: Microzooplankton, Barnacles, Euphausiids, small crustaceans, shrimp, macrozooplankton, copepods, and crab. (b) calcifying molluscs: predatory gastropods, geoducks, mussels, infaunal bivalves, benthic grazers and (c) echinoderms: Large sea cucumbers urchins, deposit feeders, sea stars.; Researcher name: Shallin Busch; Researcher institution: National Marine Fisheries Service and Ocean Acidification Program.
  • Parameter or Variable: Percent change in fishery yield; Abbreviation: Figure 3; Observation type: Model output; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: Data are percent change in fishery yield, relative to the baseline model run, for harvested functional groups labelled by rows in response to the scenarios given in the worksheet tab with scenario strength in given in the column headings. Functional groups for the Puget Sound Ecopath with Ecosim model are defined in Harvey et al 2010.; Biological subject: Scenarios: (a) Crustaceans, (b) calcifying molluscs, and (c) echinoderms; Ecosystem response: salmon, herring, lingcod, rockfish, flatfish, squid and octopus, shrimp, cancer crab, urchin, sea cucumbers, bivalves.; Researcher name: Shallin Busch; Researcher institution: National Marine Fisheries Service and Ocean Acidification Program.
  • Parameter or Variable: Percent change in fishery yield; Abbreviation: Figure 4; Observation type: Model output; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: Data are percent change in fishery yield, relative to the baseline model run, for harvested functional groups labelled by rows in response to substantial strength scenarios outlined in the column headings and below. Functional groups for the Puget Sound Ecopath with Ecosim model are defined in Harvey et al 2010.; Biological subject: Scenarios: a) three single-functional group scenarios on crustaceans (macrozooplankton, euphausiids, or copepods) and (b) three single-functional group scenarios on echinoderms (urchins, large sea cucumbers, or seastars), (c) multitaxa; Ecosystem response: salmon, herring, lingcod, rockfish, flatfish, squid and octopus, shrimp, cancer crab, urchin, sea cucumbers, bivalves.; Researcher name: Shallin Busch; Researcher institution: National Marine Fisheries Service and Ocean Acidification Program.
  • Parameter or Variable: Percent change in forage fish, bird, and marine mammal biomass; Abbreviation: Figure 5; Observation type: Model output; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: Data are percent change in biomass, relative to the baseline model run, for functional groups labelled by rows in response to the substantial strength scenarios outlined in the column headings. Functional groups for the Puget Sound Ecopath with Ecosim model are defined in Harvey et al 2010.; Biological subject: Scenarios: infaunal bivlaves, euphausiids, copepods; Ecosystem response: forage fish, sea lions, harbour seals, migratory diving birds, resident diving birds, nearshore diving birds, herbivorous birds, gulls, eagles.; Researcher name: Shallin Busch; Researcher institution: National Marine Fisheries Service and Ocean Acidification Program.
  • Parameter or Variable: Proportional change in biomass; Abbreviation: Figure 6; Observation type: Model output; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: Data are proportional change in biomass, relative to the baseline model run, for functional groups labelled in column headings in response to the substantial strength scenarios outlined in the rows. Functional groups for the Puget Sound Ecopath with Ecosim model are defined in Harvey et al 2010.; Biological subject: Scenarios: (a) Crustaceans, (b) calcifying molluscs, and (c) echinoderms; Ecosystem response: demersal fishes, pelagic fishes, benthic grazers, small crusaceans, copepods, small gelatinous zooplankton, suspension feeders, soft infauna.; Researcher name: Shallin Busch; Researcher institution: National Marine Fisheries Service and Ocean Acidification Program.
  • Parameter or Variable: Pelagic fishes; Abbreviation: Pelagic fishes; Observation type: Model output; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: Pelagic fishes include the following functional groups: wild salmon (juveniles, adults), hatchery salmon (juveniles, adults), pink salmon (juveniles, adults), Pacific herring (juveniles, adults), forage fish, surf perches, and Pacific hake. Functional groups for the Puget Sound Ecopath with Ecosim model are defined in Harvey et al 2010.; Biological subject: Wild salmon (juveniles, adults), hatchery salmon (juveniles, adults), pink salmon (juveniles, adults), Pacific herring (juveniles, adults), forage fish, surf perches, and Pacific hake.; Researcher name: Shallin Busch; Researcher institution: National Marine Fisheries Service and Ocean Acidification Program.
  • Parameter or Variable: Demersal fishes; Abbreviation: Demersal fishes; Observation type: Model output; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: Demersal fishes include the following functional groups: spiny dogfish, skates, ratish, Pacific cod, Walleye pollock, lingcod (juveniles, adults), rockfish (juveniles, adults), piscivorous flatfish, small-mouthed flatfish, andsmall demersal fish. Functional groups for the Puget Sound Ecopath with Ecosim model are defined in Harvey et al 2010.; Biological subject: Spiny dogfish, skates, ratish, Pacific cod, Walleye pollock, lingcod (juveniles, adults), rockfish (juveniles, adults), piscivorous flatfish, small-mouthed flatfish, andsmall demersal fish.; Researcher name: Shallin Busch; Researcher institution: National Marine Fisheries Service and Ocean Acidification Program.
  • Parameter or Variable: Percent change in fishery yield.; Abbreviation: Supplementary Figure 1; Observation type: Model output; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: Data are percent change in fishery yield, relative to the baseline model run, for harvested functional groups labelled in the column headings in response to combined scenarios with the scenario strength given in the row heading. Functional groups for the Puget Sound Ecopath with Ecosim model are defined in Harvey et al 2010.; Biological subject: Salmon, Herring, Lingcod, Rockfish, Flatfish, Squid and Octopus, Shrimp, Cancer crab, Urchin, Sea cucumbers, Bivalves.; Researcher name: Shallin Busch; Researcher institution: National Marine Fisheries Service and Ocean Acidification Program .
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