Dataset: Photosynthesic parameters (calculated alpha, Pmax, Respiration, Ek and Ec) for each P-E curve for coral Orbicella faveolata from Rosaria and Varadero reef sites and Cartagena Bay, Colombia, 2016 and 2017

This file contains the primary data of the photosynthetic parameters from coral fragments of the species Orbicella faveolata used in a reciprocal transplant experiment. Data from three study sites are reported: Varadero at 3.5m depth; Rosario at 12m depth; and Cartagena Bay at 3m depth. Both Varadero and Rosario were used as source and destination sites; while Cartagena Bay was only used as destination site for the transplant experiment. The file has one spreadsheet: Photosynthetic parameters, which contains the primary data of several photosynthetic parameters. These parameters were measured on two time points with different groups of corals: before transplantation on October of 2016 (T1) and seven months after transplantation on May of 2017 (T2).

These data were used in the manuscripts:
"Degradation of the underwater light environment: physiological and ecological consequences for reef corals” submitted to the Journal Nature Communications Biology. [under review, 2019-12-28]
and
“Surviving marginalized reefs: assessing the implications of the microbiome on coral physiology and survivorship”, submitted to the journal Coral Reefs, special issue "Coral Reefs in a Changing World: Insights from Extremes".

Related Reference:
Pizarro V, Rodríguez SC, López-Victoria M, Zapata FA, Zea S, Galindo-Martínez CT, Iglesias-Prieto R, Pollock J, Medina M. (2017) Unraveling the structure and composition of Varadero Reef, an improbable and imperiled coral reef in the Colombian Caribbean. PeerJ 5:e4119 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4119