The Great Barrier Reef is the source for this dataset of phenotypic variation in heat tolerance for reef-building corals. It contains experimental acute heat stress response measurements for 768 colonies of Acropora spathulata, along with associated field metadata and environmental variables. The data was collected under the Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program's Genetic Basis of Coral Traits project.
Use Cases
- Modeling coral thermal tolerance based on phenotypic variation measurements
- Analyzing the relationship between heat stress responses and environmental variables
- Studying the genetic basis of coral traits across different reef locations
Strengths
- Includes measurements for 768 individual coral colonies
- Covers 14 distinct reef locations across the Great Barrier Reef
- Associated analysis scripts are provided for reproducibility
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Experimental acute heat stress measurements under the Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-04 15:07:51.887297; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Great Barrier Reef