Future ocean conditions induce necrosis, microbial dysbiosis and nutrient cycling imbalance in the reef sponge Stylissa flabelliformis

• Other Authors: AIMS Data Centre (distributor), AIMS Data Centre (pointOfContact), Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) (hasAssociationWith), Luter, H. M. (hasPrincipalInvestigator)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: oceans; Metagenomics; Antarc*; Antarctic; Australian Antarctic Division; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/future-ocean-conditions-stylissa-flabelliformis/2829246

Maintenance and Update Frequency: asNeeded Statement: Full collection methods are described in: Bennett HM, Altenrath C, Woods L, Davy SK, Webster NS, Bell JJ. Interactive effects of temperature and pCO2 on sponges: from the cradle to the grave. Global Change Biol. 2017;23:2031–46. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13474 Bennett H, Bell JJ, Davy SK, Webster NS, Francis DS. Elucidating the sponge stress response; lipids and fatty acids can facilitate survival under future climate scenarios. Global Change Biol. 2018;24:3130–44. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14116 Credit Botté, ES. Centre for Marine Science and Innovation, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia & Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Australia Credit Thomas, T. Centre for Marine Science and Innovation, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW, Australia Credit Bell, JJ. VUW, New Zealand Credit Webster, NS. AIMS & ACE, UQ & Australian Antarctic Division, Australia Credit Luter, HM. AIMS, Australia Credit Bennett, H. AIMS, Australia & Victoria University of Wellington (VUW), New Zealand Credit Engelberts, JP. Australian Centre for Ecogenomics (ACE), School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Australia The health of the sponge Stylissa flabelliformis under ocean warming and ocean accidification conditions was assessed using a combination of meagenomics and targeted genomics. The study aimed to assess: to what extent changes in the sponge health upon exposure to both stressors are reflected in the microbial compositions of S. flabelliformis how ocean warming and ocean acidification affect the ocerall microbial functional repertoire if specific functional sugnatures originating from the microbial communities could explain potential effects on the sponge holobiont. Sponges were collected on Davies Reef on the Great Barrier Reef in 2014, between June and September.