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Grid DAP Data	Sub- set	Table DAP Data	Make A Graph	W M S	Source Data Files	Acces- sible	Title	Sum- mary	FGDC, ISO, Metadata	Back- ground Info	RSS	E mail	Institution	Dataset ID
		data	graph		files	public	[Isotopic niche space and microbiomes of Caribbean sponges] - Isotopic data from sponges collected in 2013 and 2014 from reefs in Honduras, Belize, Panama and the Florida Keys. (Collaborative Research: Investigations into microbially mediated ecological diversification in sponges)		F   I   M	background			BCO-DMO	bcodmo_dataset_954333_v1

The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type	Variable Name	Attribute Name	Data Type	Value
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	cdm_data_type	String	Other
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_url	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	doi	String	10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.954333.1
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Easternmost_Easting	double	-81.44247
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_max	double	24.57819
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_min	double	9.243206
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_units	String	degrees_north
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_max	double	-81.44247
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_min	double	-88.11382
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_units	String	degrees_east
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	infoUrl	String	https://osprey.bco-dmo.org/dataset/954333
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	institution	String	BCO-DMO
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	license	String	The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Northernmost_Northing	double	24.57819
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	sourceUrl	String	(local files)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Southernmost_Northing	double	9.243206
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	summary	String	Marine sponges host diverse communities of microbial symbionts that expand the metabolic capabilities of their host, but the abundance and structure of these communities is highly variable across sponge species. Specificity in these interactions may fuel host niche partitioning on crowded coral reefs by allowing individual sponge species to exploit unique sources of carbon and nitrogen, but this hypothesis is yet to be tested. Given the presence of high sponge biomass and the coexistence of diverse sponge species, the Caribbean Sea provides a unique system in which to investigate this hypothesis. To test for ecological divergence among sympatric Caribbean sponges and investigate whether these trends are mediated by microbial symbionts, we measured stable isotope (δ13C and δ15N) ratios and characterized the microbial community structure of sponge species at sites within four regions spanning a 1700 km latitudinal gradient. Samples were collected in 2013 and 2014 from reefs in Honduras, Belize, Panama, and the Florida Keys. There was a low (median of 8.2 %) overlap in the isotopic niches of sympatric species; in addition, host identity accounted for over 75% of the dissimilarity in both δ13C and δ15N values and microbiome community structure among individual samples within a site. There was also a strong phylogenetic signal in both δ15N values and microbial community diversity across host phylogeny, as well as a correlation between microbial community structure and variation in δ13C and δ15N values across samples. Together, this evidence supports a hypothesis of strong evolutionary selection for ecological divergence across sponge lineages and suggests that this divergence is at least partially mediated by associations with microbial symbionts.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	title	String	[Isotopic niche space and microbiomes of Caribbean sponges] - Isotopic data from sponges collected in 2013 and 2014 from reefs in Honduras, Belize, Panama and the Florida Keys. (Collaborative Research: Investigations into microbially mediated ecological diversification in sponges)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Westernmost_Easting	double	-88.11382
variable	Species_name		String
attribute	Species_name	long_name	String	Species_name
attribute	Species_name	units	String	unitless
variable	Region_Country		String
attribute	Region_Country	long_name	String	Region_country
attribute	Region_Country	units	String	unitless
variable	latitude		float
attribute	latitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lat
attribute	latitude	actual_range	float	9.243206, 24.57819
attribute	latitude	axis	String	Y
attribute	latitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	latitude	long_name	String	Latitude
attribute	latitude	standard_name	String	latitude
attribute	latitude	units	String	degrees_north
variable	longitude		float
attribute	longitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lon
attribute	longitude	actual_range	float	-88.11382, -81.44247
attribute	longitude	axis	String	X
attribute	longitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	longitude	long_name	String	Longitude
attribute	longitude	standard_name	String	longitude
attribute	longitude	units	String	degrees_east
variable	Month_and_year_of_collection		String
attribute	Month_and_year_of_collection	long_name	String	Month_and_year_of_collection
attribute	Month_and_year_of_collection	units	String	unitless
variable	Ave_depth_ft		int
attribute	Ave_depth_ft	actual_range	int	7, 60
attribute	Ave_depth_ft	long_name	String	Ave_depth_ft
attribute	Ave_depth_ft	units	String	feet
variable	Freeman_Mean_Chla_Dry_wt		float
attribute	Freeman_Mean_Chla_Dry_wt	actual_range	float	9.03, 876.53
attribute	Freeman_Mean_Chla_Dry_wt	long_name	String	Freeman_mean_chla_dry_wt
attribute	Freeman_Mean_Chla_Dry_wt	units	String	micrograms of chlorophyll a per gram of sponge tissue
variable	HL_Chla		String
attribute	HL_Chla	long_name	String	Hl_chla
attribute	HL_Chla	units	String	unitless
variable	HMA_LMA		String
attribute	HMA_LMA	long_name	String	Hma_lma
attribute	HMA_LMA	units	String	unitless
variable	Site_Name		String
attribute	Site_Name	long_name	String	Site_name
attribute	Site_Name	units	String	unitless
variable	Site_Number		String
attribute	Site_Number	long_name	String	Site_number
attribute	Site_Number	units	String	unitless
variable	Site_ID		String
attribute	Site_ID	long_name	String	Site_id
attribute	Site_ID	units	String	unitless
variable	Species_Abbreviation		String
attribute	Species_Abbreviation	long_name	String	Species_abbreviation
attribute	Species_Abbreviation	units	String	unitless
variable	d15N		float
attribute	d15N	actual_range	float	-2.6, 6.3
attribute	d15N	long_name	String	D15n
attribute	d15N	units	String	permille
variable	d13C		float
attribute	d13C	actual_range	float	-22.2, -12.7
attribute	d13C	long_name	String	D13c
attribute	d13C	units	String	permille
variable	Percentage_N		float
attribute	Percentage_N	actual_range	float	1.1, 14.8
attribute	Percentage_N	long_name	String	Percentage_n
attribute	Percentage_N	units	String	percent
variable	Percentage_C		float
attribute	Percentage_C	actual_range	float	5.0, 51.9
attribute	Percentage_C	long_name	String	Percentage_c
attribute	Percentage_C	units	String	percent
variable	C_N		float
attribute	C_N	actual_range	float	2.08, 7.58
attribute	C_N	long_name	String	C_n
attribute	C_N	units	String	unitless

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