Metadata, flow cytometry data, and NCBI-Accession numbers (16S, 18S, COI, and SNP data) for fan-shaped sponges and seawater from the Cantabrian Sea in summer 2017

Connectivity is a fundamental process driving the persistence of marine populations and their adaptation potential in response to environmental change. In this study, we analysed the population genetics of two morphologically highly similar deep-sea sponge clades (Phakellia hirondellei and the '...

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Main Authors: Busch, Kathrin, Taboada, Sergi, Riesgo, Ana, Koutsouveli, Vasiliki, Rios, Pilar, Cristobo, Javier, Franke, Andre, Getzlaff, Klaus, Schmidt, Christina, Biastoch, Arne, Hentschel, Ute
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2020
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.923271
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.923271
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Summary:Connectivity is a fundamental process driving the persistence of marine populations and their adaptation potential in response to environmental change. In this study, we analysed the population genetics of two morphologically highly similar deep-sea sponge clades (Phakellia hirondellei and the 'Topsentia-and-Petromica (TaP)' clade) at three locations in the Cantabrian Sea. Sponge taxonomy was assessed by spicule analyses, as well as by 18S sequencing and COI sequencing. The corresponding host microbiome was analysed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. In addition we set up an oceanographic modelling framework, for which we used seawater flow cytometry data (derived from bottom depths of CTD casts) as ground-truthing data.