MCR LTER: Coral Reef: Coral larval data in support of Rivest et al. 2017 ProcRoyalSocB

In this study, lipid utilization and biological parameters of planula larvae of the
cauliflower coral Pocillopora damicornis under future ocean conditions were examined using
manipulative experiments. P. damicornis larvae were collected in Moorea and Taiwan, two
sites spanning the biogeographic range of the species: Moorea and Taiwan. Larvae released on
the peak day of spawning were used at both sites. For the first 24 h following their
release, planulae were cultured in seawater controlled to mimic a future ocean scenario
(~900-1000 μatm pCO 2 , 30.5-31°C) as well as present-day, ambient ocean conditions (~400-450
μatm pCO 2 , 27.5-28°C; confirmed by autonomous sensors deployed at our study sites).
Abundance of wax ester, triacylglycerol, and phospholipids as well as traits of
physiological status (total lipid, total protein, symbiont density, larval area, and larval
length) were measured before and after incubations. These data are published in Rivest EB, Chen C-S, Fan T-Y, Li H-H, Hofmann GE. 2017
Lipid consumption in coral larvae differs among sites: a consideration of environmental history
in a global ocean change scenario. Proc. R. Soc. B 20162825. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2825 These data are related to dataset knb-lter-mcr.5014, MCR LTER: Coral Reef: Seawater pH,
Temperature and Depth Time Series from Bottom-mounted Sensors on the Fringing Reef,
January-March 2012