Experimental and in situ seawater nutrient data collected as part of a study of pCO2 variability on the reef-building coral Pocillopora damicornis conducted at Heron Island Research Station, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef in 2021 ...

• Main Authors: Barott, Katie, Brown, Kristen Taylor
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) 2023
• Subjects: ocean acidification; coral reefs; acclimatization; environmental variability; extreme environments; Heron Island; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.885669.1; https://hdl.handle.net/1912/29617

This dataset contains experimental and in situ seawater nutrient data. These data were collected as part of a study of pCO2 variability on the reef-building coral Pocillopora damicornis conducted at Heron Island Research Station, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef in 2021 (Brown et al., 2022). Abstract for all data from the study (Brown et al., 2022) including this dataset: Ocean acidification is a growing threat to coral growth and the accretion of coral reef ecosystems. Corals inhabiting environments that already endure extreme diel pCO2 fluctuations, however, may represent acidification resilient populations capable of persisting on future reefs. Here, we examined the impact of pCO2 variability on the reef-building coral Pocillopora damicornis originating from reefs with contrasting environmental histories (variable reef flat vs. stable reef slope) following reciprocal exposure to stable (218 ± 9) or variable (911 ± 31) diel pCO2 amplitude (μtam) in aquaria over eight weeks. This study measured: ...