Data Sheet 1_Propagation of corals from the Arabian Gulf in a land-based nursery: effects

Ayesha Siddiqua's dataset contains experimental results from propagating corals from the Arabian Gulf. The data includes daily skeletal growth measurements and survivorship for 1,540 coral ramets from seven species, reared for 130 days under three light-color treatments. It was last updated on 2026-06-02 and is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling coral growth rates based on fragment size and species.
• Optimizing nursery lighting conditions for specific coral species based on growth response data.
• Assessing survivorship benchmarks for ex situ propagation of heat-tolerant corals.
• Comparing growth performance between fragmented corals and whole colonies.

Strengths

• Includes data for 1,540 coral ramets, providing a substantial sample size.
• Experimental design covers seven coral species, five fragment size classes, and three light-color treatments.
• Growth was quantified daily for 130 days using buoyant-weight increments, suggesting a high-resolution time series.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is small (767.3 KB), indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

Ayesha Siddiqua via figshare

Collection Method

Experimental data from a controlled land-based nursery study.

Time Range

Experimental period lasted 130 days.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 05:40:38; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Corals sourced from the Arabian Gulf.