Data from: Transgenerational plasticity of reproduction depends on rate of warming across generations

Data file containing the means and standard errors of reproductive data used in "Transgenerational plasticity of reproduction depends on on rate of warming across generations".Abstract [Related Publication]: Predicting the impacts of climate change to biological systems requires an understanding of the ability for species to acclimate to the projected environmental change through phenotypic plasticity. Determining the effects of higher temperatures on individual performance is made more complex by the potential for environmental conditions experienced in previous and current generations to independently affect phenotypic responses to high temperatures. We used a model coral reef fish (Acanthochromis polyacanthus) to investigate the influence of thermal conditions experienced by two generations on reproductive output and the quality of offspring produced by adults. We found that more gradual warming over two generations, +1.5 °C in the first generation and then +3.0 °C in the second generation, resulted in greater plasticity of reproductive attributes, compared to fish that experienced the same increase in one generation. Reproduction ceased at the projected future summer temperature (31.5 °C) when fish experienced +3.0 °C for two generations. Additionally, we found that transgenerational plasticity to +1.5 °C induced full restoration of thermally affected reproductive and offspring attributes, which was not possible with developmental plasticity alone. Our results suggest that transgenerational effects differ depending on the absolute thermal change and in which life stage the thermal change is experienced.The full methodology is available in the Open Access publication from the Related Publications link below.本数据集为《生殖的跨代可塑性取决于世代间升温速率》（Transgenerational plasticity of reproduction depends on rate of warming across generations）一文中所使用的生殖数据的均值与标准误数据文件。 [相关出版物摘要]：预测气候变化对生物系统的影响，需明确物种通过表型可塑性（phenotypic plasticity）适应预测环境变化的能力。此前与当代经历的环境条件可独立影响个体对高温的表型响应，这进一步加剧了探究高温对个体表现影响的复杂性。我们选用多棘雀鲷（Acanthochromis polyacanthus）作为模型物种，探究两代经历的热环境对成体生殖产出及子代质量的影响。研究发现，与仅在单一代际经历同等升温幅度的个体相比，两代逐步升温（第一代升高1.5°C，第二代升高3.0°C）可使生殖性状表现出更强的可塑性。当个体连续两代经历3.0°C的升温时，其在预测的未来夏季温度（31.5°C）下会停止生殖。此外，我们发现，对1.5°C升温产生的跨代可塑性可完全修复受热影响的生殖及子代相关性状，而仅通过发育可塑性无法实现该修复效果。本研究结果表明，跨代效应的差异取决于绝对热变化幅度以及热变化发生的生活史阶段。完整研究方法可详见下方相关出版物链接中的开放获取文献。