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     data   graph     files  public [Coral pyrosequencing data] - Microbial communities of corals analyzed using 454 Illumina
pyrosequencing from Wonderland Reef, Florida in 2013 (Are coral diseases contagious?)
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The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type Variable Name Attribute Name Data Type Value
attribute NC_GLOBAL access_formats String .htmlTable,.csv,.json,.mat,.nc,.tsv
attribute NC_GLOBAL acquisition_description String [Adapted from: Randall et al. 2016]

Immediately following completion of the waterborne-transmission experiments
(See Randall et al. 2016), three each, of diseased, exposed, and healthy
colonies of S. siderea were randomly selected for bacterial-community
analyses, to determine whether potential bacterial pathogens had transmitted
to the exposed colonies. The nine coral colonies were placed in individual,
sterile whirl-paks at -80 degrees C and then were transported on dry ice to
Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida.\u00a0

Tissue was removed from the skeleton of the preserved-coral colonies using a
Paasche\u00a0airbrush with 10 mL of sterile seawater. The tissue slurry was
collected in a sterile 50 mL Falcon\u00ae tube and homogenized using a vortex.
The tissue homogenate was then spun down into a pellet using a centrifuge set
at 10,000 rpm. The pellet was re-suspended in 2 mL of solution C1 and DNA was
extracted using a Powersoil DNA extraction kit (MoBIO Laboratories Inc. Lot
#PS14F19). Extracted DNA was then sent to MRDNA Laboratory
([www.mrdnalab.com](\\"http://www.mrdnalab.com\\"), Shallowater, TX, USA) for
Illumina\u00a0sequencing (20,000 reads per assay) using the universal
bacterial primers 27F/519R with a barcode on the forward primer. The 16S rRNA
gene on the V1 \u2013 V3 hypervariable region was amplified by applying a 30
cycle polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with the HotStarTaq Plus Master Mix Kit
(Qiagen, USA).\u00a0 PCR was applied using the following protocol: (1) 94
degrees C for 3 minutes, (2) 28 cycles of: 94 degrees C for 30 seconds, 53
degrees C for 40 seconds, and 72 degrees C for 1 minute, and (3) a final
elongation step at 72 degrees C for 5 minutes. After amplification, PCR
products were confirmed in 2% agarose gels to determine the success of
amplification and the relative intensity of the bands. Multiple samples were
pooled together in equal proportions based on their molecular weight and DNA
concentrations. Pooled samples were purified using calibrated Ampure\u00a0XP
beads. Then the pooled and purified PCR product was used to prepare DNA
libraries by following the Illumina\u00a0TruSeq DNA library preparation
protocol. Sequencing was performed using the Illumina\u00a0sequencing platform
at MR DNA ([www.mrdnalab.com](\\"http://www.mrdnalab.com\\"), Shallowater, TX,
USA) following the manufacturer\u2019s guidelines. Sequence data were
processed using a standardized analysis pipeline.\u00a0Briefly, sequences were
initially depleted of barcodes. Then sequences less than 150bp or with
ambiguous base calls were removed.\u00a0Operational taxonomic units (OTUs)
were generated, and chimeras were removed using UCHIME
[48].\u00a0OTUs\u00a0were defined by clustering at 3% divergence (i.e.,
showing 97% similarity) using a de novo method.\u00a0Final OTUs were
taxonomically classified using BLASTn against the curated National Center for
Biotechnology Information (NCBI) database and the Ribosomal Database Project
(RDP). \u00a0

Field collection:

Wonderland Reef, Florida (24.56028 N, 81.50127 W). Collections in July 2013.

Laboratory experimentation:\u00a0

Mote Marine Laboratory, Tropical Research Laboratory, Summerland Key, Florida
from 10 July \u2013 14 August 2013.
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_0_award_nid String 562562
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_0_award_number String OCE-1219804
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_0_data_url String http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1219804 (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_0_funder_name String NSF Division of Ocean Sciences
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_0_funding_acronym String NSF OCE
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_0_funding_source_nid String 355
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_0_program_manager String Michael E. Sieracki
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_0_program_manager_nid String 50446
attribute NC_GLOBAL cdm_data_type String Other
attribute NC_GLOBAL comment String Coral Diseases - Counts and Percentages
R. van Woesik
Version 26 August 2016
attribute NC_GLOBAL Conventions String COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_email String info at bco-dmo.org
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_name String BCO-DMO
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_type String institution
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_url String https://www.bco-dmo.org/ (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL data_source String extract_data_as_tsv version 2.3 19 Dec 2019
attribute NC_GLOBAL date_created String 2016-08-30T20:04:04Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL date_modified String 2019-06-11T14:54:02Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL defaultDataQuery String &time<now
attribute NC_GLOBAL doi String 10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.657866.1
attribute NC_GLOBAL infoUrl String https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/657866 (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL institution String BCO-DMO
attribute NC_GLOBAL instruments_0_acronym String Airbrush
attribute NC_GLOBAL instruments_0_dataset_instrument_description String Tissue was removed from the skeleton of the preserved-coral colonies using a Paasche airbrush with 10 mL of sterile seawater
attribute NC_GLOBAL instruments_0_dataset_instrument_nid String 657882
attribute NC_GLOBAL instruments_0_description String Device for spraying liquid by means of compressed air.
attribute NC_GLOBAL instruments_0_instrument_name String Airbrush
attribute NC_GLOBAL instruments_0_instrument_nid String 657881
attribute NC_GLOBAL instruments_0_supplied_name String Paasche airbrush
attribute NC_GLOBAL keywords String bco, bco-dmo, biological, chemical, d13, D13U, D1L, D1U, d22, D22L, D22U, d27, D27U, D3L, D3U, D4U, data, dataset, dmo, erddap, level, management, measurement, oceanography, office, organism, preliminary, taxon, taxon_level, u, y11, Y11U, y23, Y23L, Y23U, y26, Y26U, y27, Y27U, Y4L, Y4U, Y9L, Y9U
attribute NC_GLOBAL license String https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/657866/license (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL metadata_source String https://www.bco-dmo.org/api/dataset/657866 (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL param_mapping String {'657866': {}}
attribute NC_GLOBAL parameter_source String https://www.bco-dmo.org/mapserver/dataset/657866/parameters (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_0_affiliation String Florida Institute of Technology
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_0_affiliation_acronym String FIT
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_0_person_name String Robert van Woesik
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_0_person_nid String 562565
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_0_role String Principal Investigator
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_0_role_type String originator
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_1_affiliation String Florida Institute of Technology
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_1_affiliation_acronym String FIT
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_1_person_name String Dr Carly J. Randall
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_1_person_nid String 657875
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_1_role String Contact
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_1_role_type String related
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_2_affiliation String Florida Institute of Technology
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_2_affiliation_acronym String FIT
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_2_person_name String Robert van Woesik
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_2_person_nid String 562565
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_2_role String Contact
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_2_role_type String related
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_3_affiliation String Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_3_affiliation_acronym String WHOI BCO-DMO
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_3_person_name String Hannah Ake
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_3_person_nid String 650173
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_3_role String BCO-DMO Data Manager
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_3_role_type String related
attribute NC_GLOBAL project String Contagious coral diseases?
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_0_acronym String Contagious coral diseases?
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_0_description String Diseases are one of the greatest threats to corals in the Caribbean. Yet, very little is known about marine diseases in general and coral diseases in particular.  Although some pathogens have been acknowledged, identifying coral pathogens has proven difficult and evasive. Presently, coral diseases are assumed to be both infectious and contagious, suggesting that infection is caused by pathogens being passed from colony to colony through a vector. However, few studies have tested this assumption. Spatial epidemiology, or disease mapping, can provide insight into whether diseases cluster and follow a contagious-disease model. In this study we will take a two tiered approach. First, we will use a hierarchical sampling design to test whether coral diseases follow a contagious-disease model over two spatial scales in the Caribbean. We will also undertake this study in locations with and without a recent history of frequent thermal stress to test the alternate hypothesis that coral diseases are not infectious and contagious but are instead the result of compromised coral hosts that have undergone thermal stress. Second, we will undertake transmission experiments to examine whether coral diseases are indeed transmissible.
The research will take place in the Caribbean, at four locations: (1) Mahahual, Mexico (latitude  18"42’N, longitude  87"42’W) and (2) Tuxpan, Mexico (latitude  21"01’N, longitude  97"11'W), (3) Bocas del Toro, Panama (latitude  9"12’N, longitude  82"09’W) and (4) St. John, United States Virgin Islands (USVI) (latitude  18"18’N, longitude  64"45’W).
Intellectual merit
There is a certain urgency to identify coral diseases, predict their prevalence, and determine whether they are infectious and contagious or non-communicable. By understanding the etiology of coral diseases, we can determine whether human intervention will help reduce their prevalence. Without understanding these processes, we will merely continue to measure disease, continue to look for pathogens that may not exist, and watch coral populations continue to deteriorate. Although microbes play a role in disease infection, many coral diseases might not be transmissible. Therefore, we may need to incorporate environmental threshold parameters, which may be more likely the underlying mechanisms driving coral-disease dynamics. The results will have important implications for modeling diseases and predicting contemporary and future coral disease outbreaks.  
Broader Impact
The underlying assumption of most disease models is contagion, which is the transmission of pathogens from infected to susceptible hosts. This study will examine this basic assumption. If it turns out that coral diseases are a consequence of a two-step process, and the corals that are tolerant to temperature stress are also resistant to diseases, then making predictions based on temperature trends will be transformational, especially in rapidly warming, yet heterogeneous, oceans. The study will train students in the field of spatial epidemiology of coral diseases.
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_0_end_date String 2016-05
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_0_geolocation String Caribbean
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_0_name String Are coral diseases contagious?
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_0_project_nid String 562563
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_0_start_date String 2012-06
attribute NC_GLOBAL publisher_name String Biological and Chemical Oceanographic Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
attribute NC_GLOBAL publisher_type String institution
attribute NC_GLOBAL sourceUrl String (local files)
attribute NC_GLOBAL standard_name_vocabulary String CF Standard Name Table v55
attribute NC_GLOBAL summary String Microbial communities of corals analyzed using 454 Illumina pyrosequencing from Wonderland Reef, Florida in 2013
attribute NC_GLOBAL title String [Coral pyrosequencing data] - Microbial communities of corals analyzed using 454 Illumina pyrosequencing from Wonderland Reef, Florida in 2013 (Are coral diseases contagious?)
attribute NC_GLOBAL version String 1
attribute NC_GLOBAL xml_source String osprey2erddap.update_xml() v1.3
variable organism   String  
attribute organism bcodmo_name String species
attribute organism description String the category of organism which the analysis was organised by
attribute organism long_name String Organism
attribute organism units String unitless
variable measurement   String  
attribute measurement bcodmo_name String sample_descrip
attribute measurement description String indication of whether percentage or count of specific taxonomy found on coral is described
attribute measurement long_name String Measurement
attribute measurement units String unitless
variable taxon_level   String  
attribute taxon_level bcodmo_name String taxon
attribute taxon_level description String taxonomic level for which percentages and counts are described
attribute taxon_level long_name String Taxon Level
attribute taxon_level units String unitless
variable taxon   String  
attribute taxon bcodmo_name String taxon
attribute taxon description String taxonomy for which percentages and counts are described
attribute taxon long_name String Taxon
attribute taxon units String unitless
variable D4U   float  
attribute D4U _FillValue float NaN
attribute D4U actual_range float 0.0, 96023.0
attribute D4U bcodmo_name String treatment
attribute D4U description String percent or count found on sample; coral species = Siderastrea siderea; health status = healthy
attribute D4U long_name String D4 U
attribute D4U units String percent or count
variable D13U   float  
attribute D13U _FillValue float NaN
attribute D13U actual_range float 0.0, 49332.0
attribute D13U bcodmo_name String treatment
attribute D13U description String percent or count found on sample; coral species = Siderastrea siderea; health status = healthy
attribute D13U long_name String D13 U
attribute D13U units String percent or count
variable D27U   float  
attribute D27U _FillValue float NaN
attribute D27U actual_range float 0.0, 77301.0
attribute D27U bcodmo_name String treatment
attribute D27U description String percent or count found on sample; coral species = Siderastrea siderea; health status = healthy
attribute D27U long_name String D27 U
attribute D27U units String percent or count
variable Y11U   float  
attribute Y11U _FillValue float NaN
attribute Y11U actual_range float 0.0, 74193.0
attribute Y11U bcodmo_name String treatment
attribute Y11U description String percent or count found on sample; coral species = Orbicella faveolata; health status = healthy
attribute Y11U long_name String Y11 U
attribute Y11U units String percent or count
variable Y26U   float  
attribute Y26U _FillValue float NaN
attribute Y26U actual_range float 0.0, 55471.0
attribute Y26U bcodmo_name String treatment
attribute Y26U description String percent or count found on sample; coral species = Orbicella faveolata; health status = healthy
attribute Y26U long_name String Y26 U
attribute Y26U units String percent or count
variable Y27U   float  
attribute Y27U _FillValue float NaN
attribute Y27U actual_range float 0.0, 61122.0
attribute Y27U bcodmo_name String treatment
attribute Y27U description String percent or count found on sample; coral species = Orbicella faveolata; health status = healthy
attribute Y27U long_name String Y27 U
attribute Y27U units String percent or count
variable D1L   float  
attribute D1L _FillValue float NaN
attribute D1L actual_range float 0.0, 52628.0
attribute D1L bcodmo_name String treatment
attribute D1L description String percent or count found on sample; coral species = Siderastrea siderea; health status = exposed to dark-spot syndrome
attribute D1L long_name String D1 L
attribute D1L units String percent or count
variable D3L   float  
attribute D3L _FillValue float NaN
attribute D3L actual_range float 0.0, 97019.0
attribute D3L bcodmo_name String treatment
attribute D3L description String percent or count found on sample; coral species = Siderastrea siderea; health status = exposed to dark-spot syndrome
attribute D3L long_name String D3 L
attribute D3L units String percent or count
variable D22L   float  
attribute D22L _FillValue float NaN
attribute D22L actual_range float 0.0, 33162.0
attribute D22L bcodmo_name String treatment
attribute D22L description String percent or count found on sample; coral species = Siderastrea siderea; health status = exposed to dark-spot syndrome
attribute D22L long_name String D22 L
attribute D22L units String percent or count
variable Y4L   float  
attribute Y4L _FillValue float NaN
attribute Y4L actual_range float 0.0, 50980.0
attribute Y4L bcodmo_name String treatment
attribute Y4L description String percent or count found on sample; coral species = Orbicella faveolata; health status = exposed to yellow-band disease
attribute Y4L long_name String Y4 L
attribute Y4L units String percent or count
variable Y23L   float  
attribute Y23L _FillValue float NaN
attribute Y23L actual_range float 0.0, 49217.0
attribute Y23L bcodmo_name String treatment
attribute Y23L description String percent or count found on sample; coral species = Orbicella faveolata; health status = exposed to yellow-band disease
attribute Y23L long_name String Y23 L
attribute Y23L units String percent or count
variable Y9L   float  
attribute Y9L _FillValue float NaN
attribute Y9L actual_range float 0.0, 84128.0
attribute Y9L bcodmo_name String treatment
attribute Y9L description String percent or count found on sample; coral species = Orbicella faveolata; health status = exposed to yellow-band disease
attribute Y9L long_name String Y9 L
attribute Y9L units String percent or count
variable D1U   float  
attribute D1U _FillValue float NaN
attribute D1U actual_range float 0.0, 42555.0
attribute D1U bcodmo_name String treatment
attribute D1U description String percent or count found on sample; coral species = Siderastrea siderea; health status = diseased with dark-spot syndrome
attribute D1U long_name String D1 U
attribute D1U units String percent or count
variable D3U   float  
attribute D3U _FillValue float NaN
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attribute D3U bcodmo_name String treatment
attribute D3U description String percent or count found on sample; coral species = Siderastrea siderea; health status = diseased with dark-spot syndrome
attribute D3U long_name String D3 U
attribute D3U units String percent or count
variable D22U   float  
attribute D22U _FillValue float NaN
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attribute D22U bcodmo_name String treatment
attribute D22U description String percent or count found on sample; coral species = Siderastrea siderea; health status = diseased with dark-spot syndrome
attribute D22U long_name String D22 U
attribute D22U units String percent or count
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attribute Y4U bcodmo_name String treatment
attribute Y4U description String percent or count found on sample; coral species = Orbicella faveolata; health status = diseased with yellow-band disease
attribute Y4U long_name String Y4 U
attribute Y4U units String percent or count
variable Y23U   float  
attribute Y23U _FillValue float NaN
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attribute Y23U bcodmo_name String treatment
attribute Y23U description String percent or count found on sample; coral species = Orbicella faveolata; health status = diseased with yellow-band disease
attribute Y23U long_name String Y23 U
attribute Y23U units String percent or count
variable Y9U   float  
attribute Y9U _FillValue float NaN
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attribute Y9U bcodmo_name String treatment
attribute Y9U description String percent or count found on sample; coral species = Orbicella faveolata; health status = diseased with yellow-band disease
attribute Y9U long_name String Y9 U
attribute Y9U units String percent or count

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