Table S1. Database fields and attributes collected from marine science articles listed in Suppl. 1, noting data fields additionally
recorded only for biological response studies.
Data field
Attributes
Collected for all
references or
biological responses
only
Google scholar no. citations
Numeric (recorded in March 2014)
All
Discipline/sub-discipline
Categorical: physical/chemical, benthic communities,
vertebrates, plankton communities
All
Research theme
Categorical: archaeoplankton, bacterioplankton, birds, coral
reefs, fish, kelp forests, mammals, mangroves, ocean chemistry,
oxygen, phytoplankton, rocky/sandy bottom, sea ice, sea level
height, seagrasses, sea surface temperature, turtles,
virioplankton, zooplankton
All
Publication year
Categorical: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
All
Type of change measured in study
Descriptive text (e.g., “calcification rate”, “biomass”, “pH
level”, “sea ice extent”)
All
Units
Units used for measuring type of change
All
Statistical approach
Descriptive text (e.g., “linear models”, “Bayesian inference”,
“PERMANOVA”)
All
Geographic region study conducted (or
specimens collected in laboratory
studies)
Categorical: Arctic, Southern, North Pacific, North Atlantic,
South Pacific, South Atlantic, Tropical, and Indian oceans;
Mediterranean Sea, multi-regional, global, originate in
laboratory
All
Spatial scale of study
Categorical: 0-1 km2, 1-10 km2, 10-100 km2, 100-1000 km2,
1000-10,000 km2, 10,000-100,000 km2, 100,000-1,000,000
km2, 1,000,000-10,000,000 km2, >10,000,000 km2
All
Approximate study area
Numeric estimation, in km2, given ample information reported
All
in paper
Study duration
Numeric, in years, from start-end
All
First-last years of study
Numeric range of years (e.g., 1997-2003)
All
Biological response type
Categorical: phenological shift, reproductive, population
demography, distribution shift, physiological effect, dietary
change, behavioral change, community structure
Biological responses
Number of species measured for
biological response
Numeric
Biological responses
Focal taxa/species for biological
response
Descriptive text (e.g., “Acroporamillepora”, “diatom
community”)
Biological responses
Number of physical/chemical stressors
considered for biological response
Numeric
Biological responses
Primary physical/chemical stressor
considered for biological response
Categorical: ocean chemistry, temperature (air, sea surface, or
sea bottom), sea ice, climate index (e.g., North Atlantic
Oscillation, Pacific Decadal Oscillation), upwelling, sea level,
storms/precipitation, salinity, dissolved oxygen, atmospheric
carbon dioxide, indirect effects
Biological responses
Did authors attribute biological
response to physical/chemical stressor
tested?
Categorical: yes, no
Biological responses