Dataset: Data describing every diseased coral record from surveys in the Caribbean during 2012 (Contagious coral diseases project)

Release Date:2017-06-01Final no updates expectedDOI: 10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.658275.1Version 1 (2016-09-06)Dataset Type:experimental

Principal Investigator, Contact: Robert van Woesik (Florida Institute of Technology)

Contact: Dr Carly J. Randall (Florida Institute of Technology)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Hannah Ake (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Project: Are coral diseases contagious? (Contagious coral diseases?)

Abstract

Data describing every diseased coral record from surveys in the Caribbean during 2012 (Contagious coral diseases project)

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This dataset contains every diseased coral record from the surveys, including species, disease sign, site, and meter within site.

Coral disease transmission experiments were completed for dark-spot syndrome on Sidereastrea siderea and yellow-band disease on Orbicella faveolata, as described in Randall et al. 2016. Following experimentation, microbial communities were extracted from tissue samples to determine whether any potential pathogen may have transmitted from healthy to exposed corals. Microbial communities on healthy corals were compared with diseased corals to identify any potential pathogens.

Experimental diseased and healthy corals were sampled and their microbial communities were analyzed using 454 Illumina pyrosequencing of the amplified 16S rRNA gene on the V1-V3 hypervariable region.

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General
Randall, C. J., Jordán-Garza, A. G., Muller, E. M., & van Woesik, R. (2016). Does Dark-Spot Syndrome Experimentally Transmit among Caribbean Corals? PLOS ONE, 11(1), e0147493. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147493
Methods
Ainsworth, T. D., Kramasky-Winter, E., Loya, Y., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., & Fine, M. (2006). Coral Disease Diagnostics: What’s between a Plague and a Band? Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73(3), 981–992. doi:10.1128/aem.02172-06
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Bythell, J., Pantos, O., & Richardson, L. (2004). White Plague, White Band, and Other “White” Diseases. Coral Health and Disease, 351–365. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-06414-6_20
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Goreau T., Cervino J., Goreau M., Hayes R., Hayes M., Richardson L., Smith G., DeMeyer K., Nagelkerken I., Garzon-Ferrera J., Gil D., Garrison G., Williams E., Bunkley-Williams L., Quirolo C., Patterson K., Porter J., Porter K. (1998). Rapid spread of diseases in Caribbean coral reefs. Rev Biol Trop 46,157–171
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Randall, C. J., Jordan-Garza, A. G., Muller, E. M., & van Woesik, R. (2014). Relationships between the history of thermal stress and the relative risk of diseases of Caribbean corals. Ecology, 95(7), 1981–1994. doi:10.1890/13-0774.1

van Woesik, R. (2016) Data describing every diseased coral record from surveys in the Caribbean during 2012 (Contagious coral diseases project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2016-09-06 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.658275.1 [access date]

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