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MS#36 Woods Hole MA 02543 USA erddap@bco-dmo.org pointOfContact 2026-04-18 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) 3 column row vertical [Moorea 2019 Acropora hyacinthus isotope data] - Acropora hyacinthus isotope data from coral samples collected at a north shore site in Mo’orea in May 2019 (RAPID: Collaborative Research: Studies of recovery from bleaching in Acropora hyacinthus: epigenetic shifts, impacts on reproductive biology and carry-over effects) 2026-04-18 creation erddap.bco-dmo.org bcodmo_dataset_964610_v1 BCO-DMO info@bco-dmo.org https://osprey.bco-dmo.org/dataset/964610 information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information originator Heterotrophic feeding on plankton and particulate organic matter (POM) by tropical Scleractinian corals is known to aid in the resistance and recovery from thermally induced bleaching. However, the relative importance of heterotrophy in promoting bleaching resistance and recovery is likely to vary based on ecological context and the severity of heat stress. In 2019, the Pacific Island of Mo'orea experienced mass coral mortality during a widespread marine heatwave. Many Acropora hyacinthus colonies on the shallow reef slope (5 m) were resistant to bleaching, while colonies on the deeper fore reef (14 m) often bleached and subsequently recovered, despite similar thermal stress. The role of heterotrophy in this divergent bleaching response was investigated using fatty acid, isotopic, and elemental biomarkers. Multiple complementary lines of evidence, including feeding proxies, isotopic niche overlap, and putative POM fatty acid biomarkers, indicated that bleaching resistant colonies were likely consuming more POM than their bleached and recovered counterparts. Additionally, although visually recovered, host energetics in recovered colonies remained compromised and exhibited proportionally less mono- and polyunsaturated fatty acids and less relative nitrogen than resistant colonies. We show that corals that rely more on heterotrophic nutrient acquisition can better resist thermally induced bleaching. Our results also revealed the long-term energetic costs of bleaching even after visual recovery. Ultimately, these results underscore the vital role of coral nutrition in shaping coral bleaching response and recovery. The dataset includes coral sample ids, tissue fraction type, sampling location, relative fatty acid abundances (C12.0–C22.6n3), total fatty acids per filter, isotope ratios of nitrogen (δ15N) and carbon (δ13C), coral depth, tagging month, bleaching status across three time points in 2019 (May, August, and October), colony surface area, and carbon-to-nitrogen ratio. 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BCO-DMO largerWorkCitation project eng geoscientificInformation 1 -149.8176 -149.8174 -17.47398 -17.47311 -14.0 -5.0 [Moorea 2019 Acropora hyacinthus isotope data] - Acropora hyacinthus isotope data from coral samples collected at a north shore site in Mo’orea in May 2019 (RAPID: Collaborative Research: Studies of recovery from bleaching in Acropora hyacinthus: epigenetic shifts, impacts on reproductive biology and carry-over effects) 2026-04-18 creation BCO-DMO info@bco-dmo.org https://osprey.bco-dmo.org/dataset/964610 information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information originator Heterotrophic feeding on plankton and particulate organic matter (POM) by tropical Scleractinian corals is known to aid in the resistance and recovery from thermally induced bleaching. However, the relative importance of heterotrophy in promoting bleaching resistance and recovery is likely to vary based on ecological context and the severity of heat stress. In 2019, the Pacific Island of Mo'orea experienced mass coral mortality during a widespread marine heatwave. Many Acropora hyacinthus colonies on the shallow reef slope (5 m) were resistant to bleaching, while colonies on the deeper fore reef (14 m) often bleached and subsequently recovered, despite similar thermal stress. The role of heterotrophy in this divergent bleaching response was investigated using fatty acid, isotopic, and elemental biomarkers. Multiple complementary lines of evidence, including feeding proxies, isotopic niche overlap, and putative POM fatty acid biomarkers, indicated that bleaching resistant colonies were likely consuming more POM than their bleached and recovered counterparts. Additionally, although visually recovered, host energetics in recovered colonies remained compromised and exhibited proportionally less mono- and polyunsaturated fatty acids and less relative nitrogen than resistant colonies. We show that corals that rely more on heterotrophic nutrient acquisition can better resist thermally induced bleaching. Our results also revealed the long-term energetic costs of bleaching even after visual recovery. Ultimately, these results underscore the vital role of coral nutrition in shaping coral bleaching response and recovery. The dataset includes coral sample ids, tissue fraction type, sampling location, relative fatty acid abundances (C12.0–C22.6n3), total fatty acids per filter, isotope ratios of nitrogen (δ15N) and carbon (δ13C), coral depth, tagging month, bleaching status across three time points in 2019 (May, August, and October), colony surface area, and carbon-to-nitrogen ratio. ERDDAP tabledap 1 -149.8176 -149.8174 -17.47398 -17.47311 -14.0 -5.0 tight ERDDAPtabledapDatasetQueryAndAccess https://erddap.bco-dmo.org/erddap/tabledap/bcodmo_dataset_964610_v1 ERDDAP:tabledap ERDDAP-tabledap ERDDAP's tabledap service (a flavor of OPeNDAP) for tabular (sequence) data. Add different extensions (e.g., .html, .graph, .das, .dds) to the base URL for different purposes. download [Moorea 2019 Acropora hyacinthus isotope data] - Acropora hyacinthus isotope data from coral samples collected at a north shore site in Mo’orea in May 2019 (RAPID: Collaborative Research: Studies of recovery from bleaching in Acropora hyacinthus: epigenetic shifts, impacts on reproductive biology and carry-over effects) 2026-04-18 creation BCO-DMO info@bco-dmo.org https://osprey.bco-dmo.org/dataset/964610 information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information originator Heterotrophic feeding on plankton and particulate organic matter (POM) by tropical Scleractinian corals is known to aid in the resistance and recovery from thermally induced bleaching. However, the relative importance of heterotrophy in promoting bleaching resistance and recovery is likely to vary based on ecological context and the severity of heat stress. In 2019, the Pacific Island of Mo'orea experienced mass coral mortality during a widespread marine heatwave. Many Acropora hyacinthus colonies on the shallow reef slope (5 m) were resistant to bleaching, while colonies on the deeper fore reef (14 m) often bleached and subsequently recovered, despite similar thermal stress. The role of heterotrophy in this divergent bleaching response was investigated using fatty acid, isotopic, and elemental biomarkers. Multiple complementary lines of evidence, including feeding proxies, isotopic niche overlap, and putative POM fatty acid biomarkers, indicated that bleaching resistant colonies were likely consuming more POM than their bleached and recovered counterparts. Additionally, although visually recovered, host energetics in recovered colonies remained compromised and exhibited proportionally less mono- and polyunsaturated fatty acids and less relative nitrogen than resistant colonies. We show that corals that rely more on heterotrophic nutrient acquisition can better resist thermally induced bleaching. Our results also revealed the long-term energetic costs of bleaching even after visual recovery. Ultimately, these results underscore the vital role of coral nutrition in shaping coral bleaching response and recovery. The dataset includes coral sample ids, tissue fraction type, sampling location, relative fatty acid abundances (C12.0–C22.6n3), total fatty acids per filter, isotope ratios of nitrogen (δ15N) and carbon (δ13C), coral depth, tagging month, bleaching status across three time points in 2019 (May, August, and October), colony surface area, and carbon-to-nitrogen ratio. OPeNDAP 1 -149.8176 -149.8174 -17.47398 -17.47311 -14.0 -5.0 tight OPeNDAPDatasetQueryAndAccess https://erddap.bco-dmo.org/erddap/tabledap/bcodmo_dataset_964610_v1 OPeNDAP:OPeNDAP OPeNDAP An OPeNDAP service for tabular (sequence) data. Add different extensions (e.g., .html, .das, .dds) to the base URL for different purposes. download physicalMeasurement coral String Coral fraction String Fraction bleach_response String Bleach_response location String Location dist_from_crest int Dist_from_crest C12_0 float C12_0 C14_0 float C14_0 C14_1 float C14_1 C16_0 float C16_0 C16_1n9_ float C16_1n9_ C16_1n7 float C16_1n7 C16_2 float C16_2 C18_0 float C18_0 C18_1n9 float C18_1n9 C18_1n7 float C18_1n7 C18_2n6 float C18_2n6 C18_3n6 float C18_3n6 C18_3n3 float C18_3n3 C18_4n3 float C18_4n3 C20_0 float C20_0 C20_1n9 float C20_1n9 C20_2 float C20_2 C20_3n6 float C20_3n6 C20_4n6 float C20_4n6 C20_4n3 float C20_4n3 C20_5n3 float C20_5n3 C22_0 float C22_0 C22_1n9 float C22_1n9 C23_0 float C23_0 C22_4n6 float C22_4n6 C22_5n3 float C22_5n3 C22_6n3 float C22_6n3 tot_FA_per_filter float Tot_fa_per_filter d15N float D15n d13C float D13c tagged_month String Tagged_month May_status String May_status August_status String August_status October_status String October_status colony_area float Colony_area C_N_ratio float C_n_ratio Adam Shepherd BCO-DMO 508-289-2772 266 Woods Hole Rd. 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