Dataset: Temperature data from short-term heat stress assays performed with with corals collected from sites around Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef in Sept and Oct of 2022

Abstract

Variable temperature regimes that expose corals to sub-lethal heat stress have been recognized as a mechanism to increase coral thermal tolerance and lessen coral bleaching. However, there is a need to better understand which thermal regimes maximize coral stress hardening. Here, standardized thermal stress assays were used to determine the relative thermal tolerance of three divergent genera of corals (Acropora, Pocillopora, Porites) originating from six reef sites representing an increasing gr...