Photosynthetic irradiance capacity of coral fragments measured during a heatwave experiment done September to November 2018 using reef building corals collected in Kāne'ohe Bay, O'ahu, Hawai'i

Two common reef-building corals, Montipora capitata and Pocillopora acuta, were collected from six sites in Kāne'ohe Bay, O'ahu, Hawai'i. Fragments were allowed to acclimate in experimental tanks for two weeks prior to exposure to one of the following four treatments: Ambient Temperature Ambient pCO2 (ATAC), Ambient Temperature High pCO2 (ATHC), High Temperature Ambient pCO2 (HTAC), and High Temperature High pCO2 (HTHC). The treatment period lasted for a two month period, starting on September 22nd, 2018 and lasting through November 17th, 2018. Following the stress period, coral fragments were exposed to a two-month recovery period in ambient conditions.

Fragments were measured for photosynthetic irradiance capacity at four time points during the stress period. This dataset includes calculated outputs from those measurements.

本研究从夏威夷州瓦胡岛卡内奥赫湾的六个采样点采集了两种常见造礁珊瑚Montipora capitata与Pocillopora acuta。将珊瑚片段置于实验水族箱中驯化两周后，分别暴露于四种实验处理：常温常压二氧化碳分压（Ambient Temperature Ambient pCO2, ATAC）、常温高二氧化碳分压（Ambient Temperature High pCO2, ATHC）、高温常压二氧化碳分压（High Temperature Ambient pCO2, HTAC）以及高温高二氧化碳分压（High Temperature High pCO2, HTHC）。实验处理周期为两个月，自2018年9月22日起至2018年11月17日止。胁迫处理结束后，所有珊瑚片段在自然环境条件下开展为期两个月的恢复培养。
研究人员在胁迫处理期间的四个时间点，对珊瑚片段的光合辐照度能力进行了测定。本数据集包含上述测定结果的计算输出值。