This README.txt file was generated on 2025-01-22 by Stéphane De Palmas depalmasstephane@gmail.com

1. Author Information
   • First author
     • Name: De Palmas, Stéphane
     • Institution 1: Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
     • Institution 2: Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
   • Second author
     • Name: Chen, Qi
     • Institution: Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
   • Third author
     • Name: Guerbet, Arnaud
     • Institution: Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
   • Fourth author
     • Name: Hsieh, Yunli Eric
     • Institution: Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
   • Fifth author
     • Name: Hsu, Tsai-Hsuan Tony
     • Institution: Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
   • Sixth author
     • Name: Lin, Yuting Vicky
     • Institution: Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
   • Seventh author
     • Name: Sturaro, Nicolas
     • Institution: Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
   • Eighth author
     • Name: Wang, Pei-Ling
     • Institution: Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
   • Ninth & corresponding author
     • Name: Denis, Vianney
     • Institution: Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
   • Email:
     vianneydenis@ntu.edu.tw
2. Date of data collection: 2017
3. Geographic location of data collection: Taiwan, West Pacific
4. Funding sources that supported the collection of the data:
   National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), National Taiwan University
5. Recommended citation for this dataset De Palmas S, Chen Q, Guerbet A, Hsieh YE, Hsu THT, Lin YV, Sturaro N, Wang PL, Denis V (2025) Data from: Energy acquisition and allocation strategies in scleractinian corals: insights from intraspecific trait variability, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.xwdbrv1hw

[Dataset is available in Dryad. The data set and the R script are also available through the GitHub repository https://github.com/NTU-FRELab/performance-scleractinians.git in order to replicate our analyses]

DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA AND FILE STRUCTURE

DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

1. Description of dataset These data were generated to investigate scleractinian coral strategies in energy acquisition and allocation in the light of intraspecific variation.

2. File List

   File 1: DePalmas_dataset_strategy_data.csv: Excel file containing coral trait information for 7 species and environmental information prior to collection.

METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

A detailed description of data acquisition and processing can be found in the published manuscript in Coral Reefs
(https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-025-02617-w).

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION

DePalmas_dataset_strategy_data.csv

1. Number of variables/columns: 75
2. Number of cases/rows: 197
3. Missing data codes: NA
4. Variable List:
   • column A - codeP
   • column B - date
   • column C - spe
   • column D - sp_check
   • column E - region
   • column F - site
   • column G - depth
   • column H - season
   • column I - P
   • column J - I
   • column K - Volume
   • column L - Weight
   • column M - Surface
   • column N - Vi
   • column O - V.bio
   • column P - W.fil
   • column Q - W.fil.tis
   • column R - W.fil.tis.bur
   • columns S to X - countS.1,countS.2, countS.3, countS.4, countS.5, countS.6
   • columns Y to AD - countC.1, countC.2, countC.3, countC.4, countC.5, countC.6
   • column AE - V.chl.slurry
   • column AF - V.extraction.T
   • column AG - V.extraction.S
   • columns AH to AK - A750T, A664T, A647T, A630T
   • columns AL to AO - A750S, A664S, A647S, A630S
   • column AP - SDS1V
   • column AQ - V.prot.slurry
   • column AR - STC
   • column AS to AW - STCX4, STCX3, STCX2, STCX1, STCE
   • column AX - abs.prot.blank
   • column AY to BA - abs.prot.zoox1, abs.prot.zoox2, abs.prot.zoox3
   • column BB to BD - abs.prot.host1, abs.prot.host2, abs.prot.host3
   • column BE - STC-2(for host)
   • column BF to BJ - STCX4b, STCX3b, STCX2b, STCX1b, STCEb
   • column BK - abs.prot.blank.b
   • column BL to BO - Hdelta15N, Hdelta13C, Zdelta15N, Zdelta13C
   • column BP to BS - H_N%, H_C%, Z_N%, Z_C%
   • column BT to BW - SST_mean, SST_sd, light_mean, light_sd
5. Descriptions:
   The description of each variables are as below:
   • codeP - sample identification code
   • date - sampling date
   • spe - species name
   • sp_check - species identity checked under dissecting microscope (0: no, 1: yes)
   • region - region where specimens were collected (NT: North Taiwan, GI: Green Island)
   • site - name of the locality where specimens were collected
   • depth - depth at which specimens were collected in meter
   • season - season when the specimens were collected
   • P - physiological investigations (0: no, 1: yes)
   • I - isotopic investigations (0: no, 1: yes)
   • Volume - volume of the skeletal fragment in cubic millimeter
   • Weight - weight of the skeletal fragment in grams
   • Surface - surface of the skeletal fragment in square millimeter
   • Vi - Initial volume of slurry in milliliter
   • V.bio - volume from Vi used for biomass measurements in milliliter
   • W.fil - weight of the filter used for biomass calculation in gram
   • W.fil.tis - weight of the filter with addition of the slurry in gram
   • W.fil.tis.bur - weight of the burned filter after addition of the slurry in gram
   • countS.1, countS.2, countS.3, countS.4, countS.5, countS.6 - 6 replicates of Symbiodiniaceae counting
   • countC.1, countC.2, countC.3, countC.4, countC.5, countC.6 - 6 replicates of cnidocytes counting
   • V.chl.slurry - volume from Vi used for chlorophyll measurements in milliliter
   • V.extraction.T - final volume of chlorophyll extraction for tissue in milliliter
   • V.extraction.S - final volume of chlorophyll extraction for skeleton in milliliter
   • A750T, A664T, A647T, A630T - wavelengths reading on spectrophotometer for tissue
   • A750S, A664S, A647S, A630S - wavelengths reading on spectrophotometer for skeleton
   • SDS1V - volume from the Symbiodiniaceae pellet resuspended and used for protein measurements in milliliter
   • V.prot.slurry - volume from Vi used to isolate animal tissue for protein measurements in milliliter
   • STC - date of preparation of the plate for protein measurements
   • STCX4, STCX3, STCX2, STCX1, STCE - Polynomial coefficients for assessing protein concentration
   • abs.prot.blank - absorption reading on the blank used for correction
   • abs.prot.zoox1, abs.prot.zoox2, abs.prot.zoox3 - absorbance reading on Symbiodiniaceae protein triplicates
   • abs.prot.host1, abs.prot.host2, abs.prot.host3 - absorbance reading on host protein triplicates
   • STC-2(for host) - date of preparation of the plate for protein measurements (when Symbiodiniaceae and host protein were not measured simultaneously)
   • STCX4b, STCX3b, STCX2b, STCX1b, STCEb - Polynomial coefficients for assessing protein concentration
   • abs.prot.blank.b - absorption reading on the blank used for correction
   • Hdelta15N, Hdelta13C, Zdelta15N, Zdelta13C - carbon and nitrogen isotopic ratios for host and zooxanthellae (H stands for host and Z stands for zooxanthellae)
   • H_N%, H_C%, Z_N%, Z_C% - Nitrogen and carbon mass for host and Symbiodiniaceae used for C:N ratio calculation
   • SST_mean, SST_sd, light_mean, light_sd - Sea surface temperature mean and standard deviation (in degree Celsius), light mean and standard deviation(Kd490, light attenuation coefficent per meter). All environmental parameters were calculated based on one month of data prior to the day of collection.
6. Other relevant information:

• Host protein was measured with a different curve and blank (host and Symbiodiniaceae on different plates) for 13 specimens (the 13 first specimens). Columns BD to BK have information for these 13 specimens.
• NAs values in countS.6 and countC.6 - for a few specimens, Symbiodiniaceae and cnidocyte counts were average based on 5 measurements instead of 6.
• NAs values in abs.prot.zoox and abs.prot.host - no reading on the spectrophotometer (most specimens have 2 readings).
• NAs values for absorbance data (columns BD to BK) - host and Symbiodiniaceae protein absorbance were measured with the same blank for most specimens except the first 13 ones.
• NAs in isotopic data (columns BP to BS) - for a few specimens there was not enough material to investigate isotopic ratio.