Energy reserve and stable isotope data from 3 species of Australian coral exposed to increased temperature and nutrients treatment in 2008

In this project, we tested the effects of elevated temperature and moderate nutrients for 21 days during the winter on Montipora monasteriata, Acropora muricata, and Pocillopora damicornis in a fully factorial experiment with two seawater temperatures (average winter temperature of 20°C and projected winter temperature later this century of 24°C) and two nutrient levels (ambient nutrients at 1.28 μmol L-1 NO3- and 0.14 μmol L-1 PO4-3, and moderate nutrients at 5.44 μmol L-1 NO3- and 0.36 μmol L-1 PO4-3).

This dataset includes coral and endosymbiont tissue δ15N, δ13C, coral energy reserves (protein, lipid, carbohydrates), and temperature data. The experiment was conducted in collaboration with Dr. Kenneth Anthony at the University of Queensland at Heron Island, Australia. These data were collected by Dr. Stephen Levas at The Ohio State University and The University of Wisconsin - Whitewater.