©2020 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.Cell counts of symbionts in Muricea atlantica, M. elongata, and Plexaurella dichotoma across the 2015 Bleaching event (May 2015 to August 2017) at Long Key in the Florida Keys.
Location:
Two patch reefs in the vicinity of Long Key in the Florida Keys (CMF-N24.44.704, W 80 46.793 and SC2- N24 49.478 W80 41.187).
Sampling and Analytical Methodology:
Except for M. atlantica, which was not sampled in May 2015, tagged colonies were sampled in September 2015 (during bleaching), November 2015, March 2016, May 2016, September 2016, November 2016, March 2017 and August 2017 (after bleaching). Symbiont density within coral tissues was determined for each collection. Coral tissue was preserved in 1.0 ml of 5% formalin. For each sample, the length and diameter of each sample were measured to the nearest 0.1 mm using vernier calipers, and the tissue then homogenized in distilled water. The density of symbiont cells in the homogenate was counted at least 4 consecutive times, using standard hemocytometer procedures and converted to cells per tissue volume using the formula for a cylinder to calculate tissue volume.
Taxonomic identifiers (Genus species, LSID):
Muricea atlantica, urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287554
Muricea elongata, urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287559
Plexaurella dichotoma, urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290812
Coffroth, M. A. (2023) Cell counts of symbionts in Muricea atlantica, M. elongata, and Plexaurella dichotoma across the 2015 Bleaching event (May 2015 to August 2017) at Long Key in the Florida Keys. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 3) Version Date 2017-11-29 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.718585.3 [access date]
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