Dataset: coral-microbe T-RF - spawning
Deployment: Rappe_2006

T-RFLP, response of the microbial community to coral spawning, lagoon and reef flats, Oahu, 2006-7
Principal Investigator: 
Michael Rappe (University of Hawaii at Manoa, HIMB)
Contact: 
Amy Apprill (University of Hawaii at Manoa, HIMB)
BCO-DMO Data Manager: 
Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Current State: 
Final no updates expected
Version: 
2015-03-12
Version Date: 
2015-03-12
Description

The response of the microbial community to coral spawning was investigated over a period of 18 mo, from January 2006 to July 2007, in reef flat and lagoon environments of a subtropical embayment (Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, USA). The composition of the bacterioplankton community was characterized using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis of bacterial small-subunit (SSU) ribosomal RNA genes in parallel with measurements of microbial cell abundances, bacterial production via 3H-leucine incorporation, and seawater biochemical parameters. Abundance of coral eggs, zooplankton, and bacterial, and chlorophyll were measured along with nutrient analysis and physical parameters.

Related Reference:

These data are published in Apprill, A. M., and M. S. Rappé (2011) Response of the microbial community to coral spawning in lagoon and reef flat environments of Hawaii, USA. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 62:251-266.

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