Reef location has a greater impact than coral bleaching severity on the microbiome of Pocillopora acuta

• Other Authors: AIMS Data Centre (distributor), AIMS Data Centre (pointOfContact), Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) (hasAssociationWith), Botté, ES (hasPrincipalInvestigator)
• Format: Dataset
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• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: oceans; Antarc*; Antarctic; Australian Antarctic Division
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/reef-location-greater-pocillopora-acuta/2047383

Maintenance and Update Frequency: notPlanned Statement: Survey methods used to assess reef community bleaching severity aligned with and contributed to the 2016 Australian National Bleaching Taskforce GBR Survey response (Hughes et al. 2017) Hughes TP, Kerry JT, Álvarez-Noriega M, Álvarez-Romero JG, Anderson KD, Baird AH, Babcock RC, Beger M, Bellwood DR, Berkelmans R, Bridge TC, Butler IR, Byrne M, Cantin NE, Comeau S, Connolly SR, Cumming GS, Dalton SJ, Guillermo Diaz-Pulido C, Eakin M, Figueira WF, Gilmour JP, Harrison HB, Heron SF, Hoey AS, Hobbs J-PA, Hoogenboom MO, Kennedy EV, Kuo C-Y, Lough JM, Lowe RJ, Liu G, McCulloch MT, Malcolm HA, McWilliam MJ, Pandolfi JM, Pears RJ, Pratchett MS, Schoepf V, Simpson T, Skirving WJ, Sommer B, Torda G, Wachenfeld DR, Willis BL, Wilson SK (2017) Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals. Nature 543:373–377 https://doi.org/10.1038/nature21707 Wax dipping technique for surface area estimation protocols: Veal CJ, Holmes G, Nunez M, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Osborn J (2010) A comparative study of methods for surface area and three-dimensional shape measurement of coral skeletons. Limnol Oceanogr Meth 8:241–253 Credit Cantin, N. (AIMS) Credit O'Brien, PA. (AIMS) and James Cook University (JCU) and AIMS@JCU Credit Webster, NS. (AIMS), Australian Antarctic Division, University of Queensland (UQ) Credit Botté, ES. Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and University of New South Wales (UNSW) Credit Frade, PR. Natural History Museum Vienna, Vienna, Austria Credit Moecellin, VL. (AIMS) Credit Rocker, MM. Deakin University, Victoria The composition of the microbial communities in the coral Pocillopora acuta were examined following the 2016 bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). Corals located within two reefs of the Palm Island archipelago on the Central GBR experienced moderate heat stress, In-water bleaching surveys were conducted at two depths (2 m and 5 m) on the 4th and 6th of April 2016. Five 10 × 1 m belt transects were used with ...