Dataset: Coral lesion frequencies and sizes after fish feces treatment
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Data Citation:
Correa, A. M.S., Grupstra, C. (2024) Lesion frequencies and sizes after fish feces treatment on coral samples collected on the north shore of Mo’orea, French Polynesia, Oct 2020 to Jun 2021. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2024-09-24 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/933832 [access date]
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Spatial Extent: N:-17.474444 E:-149.827222 S:-17.483056 W:-149.849444
The North shore of Mo'orea, French Polynesia
Temporal Extent: 2020-10 - 2021-06
Project:
CAREER: Testing the effects of predator-derived feces on host symbiont acquisition and health
(Fish transmit microbes)
Principal Investigator:
Adrienne M.S. Correa (Rice University)
Co-Principal Investigator:
Carsten Grupstra (Rice University)
BCO-DMO Data Manager:
Audrey Mickle (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Version:
1
Version Date:
2024-09-24
Restricted:
No
Current State:
Preliminary and in progress
Lesion frequencies and sizes after fish feces treatment on coral samples collected on the north shore of Mo’orea, French Polynesia, Oct 2020 to Jun 2021
Abstract:
This datafile contains frequencies and sizes (number of polyps killed) developed in coral tissues after the application and removal of fish feces to test whether fish from different guilds affect coral health in distinct ways.There were five treatments: fresh feces from a corallivorous butterflyfish (FC); fresh feces from a grazer/detritivore (FG); sterilized feces from a corallivorous butterflyfish (SC); sterilized feces from a grazer/detritivore (SG); no-feces control (C). For the fresh feces treatments (FC, FG), we applied 100 µl of fresh feces isolated from the hindgut of the butterflyfish Chaetodon ornatissimus (FC) or the grazer/detritivore Ctenochaetus striatus (FG) directly onto each coral fragment. For the sterilized feces treatments (SC, SG), fecal pellets were sterilized in a pressure cooker for 40 minutes at 120°C and then applied in the same manner as fresh feces. The experiment ran for ~22 hours. The experiment was conducted in three iterations in Mo'orea, French Polynesia, over two years (2020, 2021).