Two-month aquarium experiments at AIMS's SeaSim facility exposed adult and juvenile corals to four light and two CO2 treatments. Physiological responses including photosynthesis, growth, protein, and pigment content were measured for two species, Acropora tenuis and A. hyacinthus. The dataset consists of three spreadsheets from the NESP TWQ 2.3.1 project, managed by the Australian Ocean Data Network.
Use Cases
- Modeling coral growth responses based on light intensity and dissolved CO2 levels described in the experiment.
- Analyzing acclimation patterns in variable light environments based on the five-day cycle treatment.
- Comparing physiological stress responses between adult and juvenile coral life stages mentioned in the methods.
- Investigating the relationship between symbiont pigment content and coral protein content as measured after tissue stripping.
Strengths
- Experimental design includes a fully crossed factorial manipulation of four light treatments and two CO2 levels.
- Light intensities were precisely controlled and checked in each individual aquarium with a calibrated sensor.
- Physiological measurements cover multiple response variables: growth, photosynthesis, protein, and pigment content.
- Data spans two distinct coral life stages (adult and juvenile) for two different coral species.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, as adult corals were collected from a single reef.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) SeaSim facility, part of the NESP TWQ 2.3.1 project.
- Collection Method
- Controlled aquarium experiment with physiological measurements following tissue stripping and spectrophotometric analysis.
- Time Range
- Covers a two-month experimental period.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-10 16:18:37.042536; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Adult corals collected from Davies Reef (18.30 S, 147.23 E); juveniles spawned at AIMS SeaSim.