The physiological development of brooded larvae from the pocilloporid corals Pocillopora damicornis in southern Taiwan under elevated temperature and pCO2 was examined. These data include protein content of brooded coral larvae at high and ambient temperature and pCO2 conducted in March 2011. These data were published in Cumbo et al, JEMBE, 2013.
Protein content was determined spectrophotometrically using the Bio-Rad Coomassie Blue assay in the microtiter plate protocol (BioRad Life Sciences Research, CA). At each sampling, 1 group of 8 larvae from each tub within each tank (i.e., 2 replicates tank-1) was frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored. Proteins were solubilized in 0.1 M NaOH, aided by sonication (10% amplitude for 15 s using a Branson Digital Sonifier S-250D, USA) and warming at 50 °C for 5 h. The extract was neutralized with 1 M HCl and processed in triplicate with the addition of the dye reagent. Following 30 min incubation, absorbances were measured at 595 nm using a plate reading spectrophotometer (Biotek Synergy H4 Hybrid Reader, USA), and converted to protein using a calibration prepared from bovine serum albumin. Protein content was expressed as microgram larva-1.
The 'ambient' and 'high' pCO2 levels: 49.4 Pa versus 86.2 Pa
The 'ambient' and 'high' temperatures: 24.00 °C [ambient] versus 30.49 °C
Data also available from PANGAEA: doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.823582
Edmunds, P. J., Cumbo, V. R., Fan, T. (2014) Protein content of brooded coral larvae at high and ambient temperature and pCO2, March 2011 (Cumbo et al, JEMBE, 2013) (MCR LTER & Climate Coral Larvae projects). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2014-10-07 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/535425 [access date]
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