Dataset: OTU molecular abundances for coral Symbiodinium, Belize Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS), 2014-2015

Release Date:2019-02-04Final no updates expectedDOI: 10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.734674.1Version 1 (2018-04-16)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

Principal Investigator: Karl D. Castillo (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Student, Contact: Justin Baumann (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Project: Investigating the influence of thermal history on coral growth response to recent and predicted end-of-century ocean warming across a cascade of ecological scales (Thermal History and Coral Growth)


Abstract

This dataset contains relative abundance (counts?) of operational taxonomic units (OTUs) from Sumbiodinium samples collected from three coral species (S. siderea, S. radians, and P. strigosa) at nine sites across four latitudes along the Belize MBRS in 2014 and 2015. These sites were previously characterized into three thermally distinct regimes (lowTP, modTP, highTP) and exhibited variations in coral species diversity and richness.

This dataset contains relative abundance (counts?) of operational taxonomic units (OTUs) from Sumbiodinium samples collected from three coral species (S. siderea, S. radians, and P. strigosa) at nine sites across four latitudes along the Belize MBRS in 2014 and 2015. These sites were previously characterized into three thermally distinct regimes (lowTP, modTP, highTP) and exhibited variations in coral species diversity and richness.


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Results

Baumann, J. H., Davies, S. W., Aichelman, H. E., & Castillo, K. D. (2017). Coral Symbiodinium Community Composition Across the Belize Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System is Influenced by Host Species and Thermal Variability. Microbial Ecology, 75(4), 903–915. doi:10.1007/s00248-017-1096-6
Results

Baumann, J. H., Ries, J. B., Rippe, J. P., Courtney, T. A., Aichelman, H. E., Westfield, I., & Castillo, K. D. (2019). Nearshore coral growth declining on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System. Global Change Biology, 25(11), 3932–3945. doi:10.1111/gcb.14784
Methods

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