Dataset: Site locations and species sampled

Name: Coral species list and site descriptions for studies conducted on the partial SSU rRNA genes of bacteria and archaea in the Florida Keys, Australia, and Micronesia in 2013. (Coral Microbial Relationships project)
Published: 2016-10-20
Keywords: oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.662096.1

Spatial Extent: N:24.606054 E:146.852 S:-15.0883 W:-81.39111

Temporal Extent: 2013 - 2013

Project:

Fundamental Coral-Microbial Associations (Coral Microbial Relationships)

Principal Investigator:

Amy Apprill (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)

Contact:

Laura Gray (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Hannah Ake (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

Version Date:

2016-10-20

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Coral species list and site descriptions for studies conducted on the partial SSU rRNA genes of bacteria and archaea in the Florida Keys, Australia, and Micronesia in 2013. (Coral Microbial Relationships project)

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Archival Copy

Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier (PID)	Date PID Issued
2016-10-20	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.662096.1	2019-04-22

Description

A list of the coral species sampled and the site locations for studies conducted on the partial SSU rRNA genes of bacteria and archaea from tissue samples produced using 515F/806RB primers. Samples were collected in the Federated States of Micronesia, Austrailia, and the Florida Keys.

Methods & Sampling

Coral collection and processing

Coral fragments were collected by a scuba diver using a hammer and chisel during field sampling trips to Kapangamarangi Atoll, Micronesia (November 2012), Florida Keys, U.S.A. (May 2013) and Magnetic Bay, Australia (November 2013). Fragments were stored in a cooler containing ice until they were flash frozen in liquid nitrogen. Fragments were obtained from 3 representative colonies of the following species: Porites lobata, Pocillopora verrucosa, Acropora humilis, Orbicella faveolata, Montastraea cavernosa, O. annularis, and Diploria strigosa. Fragments were shipped back to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and stored at -80 C until they were processed.

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Data Processing Notes:
-removed spaces and replaced with underscores
-reformatted column names to comply with BCO-DMO standards
-converted all lat/lons to decimal degrees

Data Files

File
sampling_sites.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 1.60 KB) MD5:5c5e80b46bff7573b29957785143d6ea Primary data file for dataset ID 662096

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1233612

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
Apprill_2013		2012-09-15	BIOS	Amy Apprill (Principal Investigator)	data info

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
depth	Depth where sampling occurred	meters	depth
lat	Latitude; N is positive	decimal degrees	lat
lon	Longitude; W is positive	decimal degrees	lon
colony_name	PI issued ID for the coral colony sampled	unitless	sample
collection_site	Geographic location where sampling occurred	unitless	site
species	Species of coral sampled	unitless	species