Seawater carbon chemistry and cellular lipids, total protein, density of Symbiodinium and larval size of coral Pocillopora damicornis from Moorea and Taiwan

The success of early life-history stages is an environmentally sensitive bottleneck for many marine invertebrates. Responses of larvae to environmental stress may vary due to differences in maternal investment of energy stores and acclimatization/adaptation of a population to local environmental conditions. In this study, we compared two populations from sites with different environmental regimes (Moorea and Taiwan). We assessed the responses of Pocillopora damicornis larvae to two future co-occurring environmental stressors: elevated temperature and ocean acidification. Larvae from Taiwan were more sensitive to temperature, producing fewer energy-storage lipids under high temperature. In general, planulae in Moorea and Taiwan responded similarly to pCO2. Additionally, corals in the study sites with different environments produced larvae with different initial traits, which may have shaped the different physiological responses observed. Notably, under ambient conditions, planulae in Taiwan increased their stores of wax ester and triacylglycerol in general over the first 24 h of their dispersal, whereas planulae from Moorea consumed energy-storage lipids in all cases. Comparisons of physiological responses of P. damicornis larvae to conditions of ocean acidification and warming between sites across the species' biogeographic range illuminates the variety of physiological responses maintained within P. damicornis, which may enhance the overall persistence of this species in the light of global climate change.

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Rivest, Emily B, Chen, Chii Shiarng, Fan, Tung-Yung, Li, Hsing Hui, Hofmann, Gretchen E (2017). Dataset: Seawater carbon chemistry and cellular lipids, total protein, density of Symbiodinium and larval size of coral Pocillopora damicornis from Moorea and Taiwan. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.878128

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Source https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.878128
Author Rivest, Emily B
Given Name Emily B
Family Name Rivest
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Chen, Chii Shiarng
Fan, Tung-Yung
Li, Hsing Hui
Hofmann, Gretchen E
Source Creation 2017
Publication Year 2017
Resource Type text/tab-separated-values - filename: Rivest-etal_2017
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Name: Biosphere

Name: Chemistry

Name: Ecology

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