Dataset: Coral biometrics data from a heating experiment using samples collected from Nikko Bay and Rebotel Reef in Palau in the spring of 2018

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.855036.1Version 1 (2025-03-10)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

Principal Investigator: Mark E. Warner (University of Delaware)

Co-Principal Investigator: Dustin Kemp (University of Alabama at Birmingham)

Co-Principal Investigator: Todd Christopher LaJeunesse (Pennsylvania State University)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Taylor Heyl (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Karen Soenen (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Project: Collaborative Research: Stability, flexibility, and functionality of thermally tolerant coral symbioses (Thermally tolerant coral)

Abstract

Using samples collected from Nikko Bay and Rebotel Reef in Palau in the spring of 2018, this dataset examines coral physiology of two species of coral, Psammacora digitata and Pocillopora verrucosa, as part of a short-term heating experiment.

Cite Dataset

This work was conducted in the island nation of Palau. Coral colonies were sampled from an inshore location (Ngermid Bay, also known as Nikko Bay) and an offshore location on the western barrier reef surrounding Palau (Rebotel Reef). Sampled colonies were returned to land and treated in a thermal experiment at the Palau International Coral Reef Center in land-based aquariums.

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Methods
Hoadley, K. D., Lewis, A. M., Wham, D. C., Pettay, D. T., Grasso, C., Smith, R., Kemp, D. W., LaJeunesse, T. C., & Warner, M. E. (2019). Host–symbiont combinations dictate the photo-physiological response of reef-building corals to thermal stress. Scientific Reports, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46412-4

Warner, M. E., LaJeunesse, T. C., Kemp, D. (2025) Coral biometrics data from a heating experiment using samples collected from Nikko Bay and Rebotel Reef in Palau in the spring of 2018. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2025-03-10 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.855036.1 [access date]

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