Physiology of Montipora capitata and Porites compressa from October 2019 to September 2022 in response to marine heatwaves (2015 and 2019) in Hawaiʻi

Increasingly frequent marine heatwaves are devastating coral reefs. Corals that survive these extreme events must rapidly recover if they are to withstand subsequent events, and long-term survival in the face of rising ocean temperatures may hinge on recovery capacity and acclimatory gains in heat tolerance over an individual's lifespan. To better understand coral recovery trajectories in the face of successive marine heatwaves, we monitored the responses of bleaching-susceptible and bleaching-resistant individuals of two dominant coral species in Hawaiʻi, Montipora capitata and Porites compressa, over a decade that included three marine heatwaves. This dataset includes all of the physiological data for both species from October 2019 to September 2022.

日益频发的海洋热浪正给珊瑚礁带来毁灭性破坏。经历此类极端事件后存活的珊瑚，若要抵御后续的热浪侵扰，必须快速完成恢复；而在海洋温度持续上升的背景下，珊瑚的长期存活可能取决于其个体生命周期内的恢复能力以及耐热性的适应性提升。为更好地阐明连续海洋热浪胁迫下的珊瑚恢复轨迹，本研究在涵盖三次海洋热浪的十年监测周期内，对夏威夷海域两种优势造礁珊瑚——盾形陀螺珊瑚（Montipora capitata）与扁缩滨珊瑚（Porites compressa）的易白化个体与抗白化个体的响应进行了持续跟踪观测。本数据集包含2019年10月至2022年9月期间这两种珊瑚的全部生理数据。