Dataset: Diversity, distribution, and temporal stability of coral 'zooxanthellae' on a Pacific reef evaluated with samples collected in Palau from 2013 to 2022

This dataset has not been validatedPreliminary and in progressVersion 1 (2025-04-03)Dataset Type:Unknown

Principal Investigator: Todd Christopher LaJeunesse (Pennsylvania State University)

Student: Allison M. Lewis (Pennsylvania State University)

Student: Kira E. Turnham (Pennsylvania State University)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Dana Stuart Gerlach (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Project: Collaborative Research: Stability, flexibility, and functionality of thermally tolerant coral symbioses (Thermally tolerant coral)

Abstract

This data set provides information about the long-term composition of symbiont populations within individual coral colonies. Diverse coral taxa (Scleractinia) from a West Indo-Pacific fore reef (Palau) were tagged and sampled at various intervals--ranging from six months to several years--over nine years' time. Symbiont identity was examined using multiple genetic markers that resolved symbiont diversity to species and individual genotypes (i.e. clonal strains). Consistent with previous colony m...

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This data set provides information about the long-term composition of symbiont populations within individual coral colonies. Associated publication is "Lewis, A.M., Butler, C.C., Turnham, K.E. et al. The diversity, distribution, and temporal stability of coral ‘zooxanthellae’ on a Pacific reef: from the scale of individual colonies to across the host community. Coral Reefs 43, 841–856 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-024-02503-x"

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Results
Lewis, A. M., Butler, C. C., Turnham, K. E., Wham, D. F., Hoadley, K. D., Smith, R. T., Kemp, D. W., Warner, M. E., & LaJeunesse, T. C. (2024). The diversity, distribution, and temporal stability of coral ‘zooxanthellae’ on a pacific reef: from the scale of individual colonies to across the host community. Coral Reefs, 43(4), 841–856. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-024-02503-x
Methods
LaJeunesse, T. C.(2002). Diversity and community structure of symbiotic dinoflagellates from Caribbean coral reefs. Marine Biology, 141(2), 387–400. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-002-0829-2
Methods
LaJeunesse, T. C., Lee, S. Y., Gil-Agudelo, D. L., Knowlton, N., & Jeong, H. J. (2015). Symbiodinium necroappetenssp. nov. (Dinophyceae): an opportunist ‘zooxanthella’ found in bleached and diseased tissues of Caribbean reef corals. European Journal of Phycology, 50(2), 223–238. https://doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2015.1025857
Methods
LaJeunesse, T. C., Loh, W. K. W., van Woesik, R., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Schmidt, G. W., & Fitt, W. K. (2003). Low symbiont diversity in southern Great Barrier Reef corals, relative to those of the Caribbean. Limnology and Oceanography, 48(5), 2046–2054. Portico. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2003.48.5.2046
Methods
Zardoya, R., Costas, E., Lopez-Rodas, V., Garrido-Pertierra, A., & Bautista, J. (1995). Revised dinoflagellate phylogeny inferred from molecular analysis of large-subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequences. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 41(5). https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00175822

Lewis, A. M., LaJeunesse, T. C., Turnham, K. E. (2025) Diversity, distribution, and temporal stability of coral 'zooxanthellae' on a Pacific reef evaluated with samples collected in Palau from 2013 to 2022. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2025-04-03 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/957899 [access date]

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