Dataset: Microbiome data 16S rRNA results for sea urchin gut content, sediment, and surrounding seawater from sampled collected in 2023 from four locations along the coast of Puerto Rico

This dataset is one of multiple datasets from a study investigating sea urchins and associated water and sediment samples from four shallow reef ecosystems in coastal waters surrounding Puerto Rico. All analyses were conducted by the PRINBRE Metabolomics Research Core at the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, in collaboration with marine biologists from the Institute of Tropical Ecosystem Studies. The study is part of a broader initiative to integrate marine ecology with chemical ecology and metabolomics.

• Sea urchin capture data, sizes, and DNA yields [dataset 985892]
• Metabolites from GC-MS analysis of sea urchin gut samples and associated seawater samples [dataset 986552]
• Microbiome data 16S rRNA results for sea urchin gut content, sediment, and surrounding seawater [this dataset]
• Raw GC-MS data (metabolomics) data [dataset number TBD]

This dataset presents data from investigations of the microbiota associated with sea urchin gut content, sediment, and surrounding seawater using high-throughput sequencing of bacterial (16S rRNA), fungal (ITS), and eukaryotic (18S rRNA) gene markers.