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  • Article
    Alphaflexivirus genomes in stony coral tissue loss disease-affected, disease-exposed, and disease-unexposed coral colonies in the U.S. Virgin Islands
    (American Society for Microbiology, 2022-02-17) Veglia, Alex J. ; Beavers, Kelsey ; Van Buren, Emily W. ; Meiling, Sonora S. ; Muller, Erinn ; Smith, Tyler B. ; Holstein, Daniel M. ; Apprill, Amy ; Brandt, Marilyn ; Mydlarz, Laura ; Correa, Adrienne M.S.
    Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is decimating Caribbean corals. Here, through the metatranscriptomic assembly and annotation of two alphaflexivirus-like strains, we provide genomic evidence of filamentous viruses in SCTLD-affected, -exposed, and -unexposed coral colonies. These data will assist in clarifying the roles of viruses in SCTLD.
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    Acropora cervicornis growth rates under different pH and temperature treatments from experiments at Summerland Key, Florida in September of 2016
    (Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). Contact: bco-dmo-data@whoi.edu, 2019-10-18) Muller, Erinn
    This dataset contains Acropora cervicornis buoyant weight measurements from different pH and temperature treatments. The experiments were conducted in tanks at Summerland Key, Florida (24.6616,-81.4538) with corals from a nursery located near Looe Key Reef (24.5636, -81.2786). Experiments were conducted from July to September of 2016. For a complete list of measurements, refer to the full dataset description in the supplemental file 'Dataset_description.pdf'. The most current version of this dataset is available at: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/712367
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    Colony sizes and morphometric assessments of Acropora cervicornis genotypes sampled July 2020 for fecundity analysis at Mote Marine Laboratory
    (Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). Contact: bco-dmo-data@whoi.edu, 2022-03-24) Koch, Hanna ; Azu, Yuen ; Bartels, Erich ; Muller, Erinn
    Fecundity was assessed for Acropora cervicornis corals with known disease susceptibility. This dataset presents morphometric assessments and information on colony sizes of 10 replicate adult colonies from 12 genets held in Mote Marine Lab’s spawning nurseries. For a complete list of measurements, refer to the full dataset description in the supplemental file 'Dataset_description.pdf'. The most current version of this dataset is available at: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/843028
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    Fecundity and oocyte sizes of Acropora cervicornis genotypes measured July 2020 at Mote Marine Lab
    (Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). Contact: bco-dmo-data@whoi.edu, 2022-03-24) Koch, Hanna ; Azu, Yuen ; Bartels, Erich ; Muller, Erinn
    Primary fecundity was assessed for Acropora cervicornis corals with known disease susceptibility. This dataset presents information on oocyte sizes from dissections of coral polyps from five adult colonies containing 12 genets held in Mote Marine Lab’s spawning nurseries. For a complete list of measurements, refer to the full dataset description in the supplemental file 'Dataset_description.pdf'. The most current version of this dataset is available at: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/843067
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    Imaging pulse amplitude modulator fluorometer data collected during Acropora cervicornis experiments at Summerland Key, Florida from July to September of 2016
    (Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). Contact: bco-dmo-data@whoi.edu, 2019-10-18) Muller, Erinn
    This dataset contains Imaging Pulse Amplitude Modulator (IPAM) Fluorometer data collected during various Acropora cervicornis treatment experiments. The data include photosynthetic maximum yield (mY), maximum electron transport rate (mETR), the irradiance at which maximum ETR is reached (mPAR), and the initial slope of the ETR curve (alpha). The experiments were conducted in tanks at Summerland Key, Florida (24.6616,-81.4538) between 2016-07-12 and 2016-09-09 with corals from a nursery located near Looe Key Reef (24.5636, -81.2786). For a complete list of measurements, refer to the full dataset description in the supplemental file 'Dataset_description.pdf'. The most current version of this dataset is available at: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/712388
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    Ecological results of SCTLD multi-species transmission experiment at the University of the Virgin Islands Center for Marine and Environmental Studies
    (Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). Contact: bco-dmo-data@whoi.edu, 2022-07-20) Brandt, Marilyn ; Correa, Adrienne M.S. ; Meiling, Sonora ; Veglia, Alex J. ; Lasseigne, Danielle ; MacKnight, Nicholas ; Dimos, Bradford ; Huntley, Naomi ; Muller, Erinn ; Mydlarz, Laura ; Apprill, Amy ; Smith, Tyler ; Holstein, Daniel
    This dataset represents the ecological results of a stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) multi-species transmission experiment. Eight colonies of six species of corals (Colpophyllia natans, Montastraea cavernosa, Orbicella annularis, Porites astreoides, Pseudodiploria strigosa, and Siderastrea siderea) were split in half and one half of these fragments were simultaneously exposed toSCTLD-affected colonies of Diploria labyrinthiformis and the other half were exposed to healthy colonies of D. labyrinthiformis. All corals were monitored for lesion appearance over an eight day experimental period. No lesions were recorded on healthy-exposed corals. Numbers of fragments showing lesion appearance, time to lesion appearance, and expansion rates of lesions for SCTLD-exposed corals are reported here. For a complete list of measurements, refer to the full dataset description in the supplemental file 'Dataset_description.pdf'. The most current version of this dataset is available at: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/875156
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    Fecundity assessment of Acropora cervicornis colonies from spawning observations and gamete bundle analysis in August 2020 at Mote Marine Laboratory
    (Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). Contact: bco-dmo-data@whoi.edu, 2022-03-24) Koch, Hanna ; Azu, Yuen ; Bartels, Erich ; Muller, Erinn
    As a secondary assessment of fecundity, colonies of Acropora cerviconis (various genets) were taken to Mote Marine Laboratory in August 2020 for spawning and ex situ assisted sexual reproduction. From genets that spawned, forty random gamete bundles were collected during spawning and the total number of eggs and sperm per bundle were quantified. For a complete list of measurements, refer to the full dataset description in the supplemental file 'Dataset_description.pdf'. The most current version of this dataset is available at: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/868493
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    Variable species responses to experimental stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) exposure
    (Frontiers Media, 2021-04-30) Meiling, Sonora S. ; Muller, Erinn ; Lasseigne, Danielle ; Rossin, Ashley ; Veglia, Alex J. ; MacKnight, Nicholas ; Dimos, Bradford ; Huntley, Naomi ; Correa, Adrienne M. S. ; Smith, Tyler B. ; Holstein, Daniel M. ; Mydlarz, Laura ; Apprill, Amy ; Brandt, Marilyn
    Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) was initially documented in Florida in 2014 and outbreaks with similar characteristics have since appeared in disparate areas throughout the northern Caribbean, causing significant declines in coral communities. SCTLD is characterized by focal or multifocal lesions of denuded skeleton caused by rapid tissue loss and affects at least 22 reef-building species of Caribbean corals. A tissue-loss disease consistent with the case definition of SCTLD was first observed in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) in January of 2019 off the south shore of St. Thomas at Flat Cay. The objective of the present study was to characterize species susceptibility to the disease present in St. Thomas in a controlled laboratory transmission experiment. Fragments of six species of corals (Colpophyllia natans, Montastraea cavernosa, Orbicella annularis, Porites astreoides, Pseudodiploria strigosa, and Siderastrea siderea) were simultaneously incubated with (but did not physically contact) SCTLD-affected colonies of Diploria labyrinthiformis and monitored for lesion appearance over an 8 day experimental period. Paired fragments from each corresponding coral genotype were equivalently exposed to apparently healthy colonies of D. labyrinthiformis to serve as controls; none of these fragments developed lesions throughout the experiment. When tissue-loss lesions appeared and progressed in a disease treatment, the affected coral fragment, and its corresponding control genet, were removed and preserved for future analysis. Based on measures including disease prevalence and incidence, relative risk of lesion development, and lesion progression rates, O. annularis, C. natans, and S. siderea showed the greatest susceptibility to SCTLD in the USVI. These species exhibited earlier average development of lesions, higher relative risk of lesion development, greater lesion prevalence, and faster lesion progression rates compared with the other species, some of which are considered to be more susceptible based on field observations (e.g., P. strigosa). The average transmission rate in the present study was comparable to tank studies in Florida, even though disease donor species differed. Our findings suggest that the tissue loss disease affecting reefs of the USVI has a similar epizootiology to that observed in other regions, particularly Florida.
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    Acropora cervicornis growth rates under different pH and temperature treatments from experiments at Summerland Key, Florida in September of 2016
    (Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). Contact: bco-dmo-data@whoi.edu, 2019-10-18) Muller, Erinn
    This dataset contains Acropora cervicornis calcification data from experiments conducted in tanks at Summerland Key, Florida (24.6616,-81.4538) between 2016-09-02 and 2016-09-10 with corals from a nursery located near Looe Key Reef (24.5636, -81.2786). For a complete list of measurements, refer to the full dataset description in the supplemental file 'Dataset_description.pdf'. The most current version of this dataset is available at: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/712377
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    Fecundity and number of oocytes from Acropora cervicornis genotypes measured July 2020 at Mote Marine Lab
    (Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). Contact: bco-dmo-data@whoi.edu, 2022-03-24) Koch, Hanna ; Azu, Yuen ; Bartels, Erich ; Muller, Erinn
    Primary fecundity was assessed for Acropora cervicornis corals with known disease susceptibility. This dataset presents oocyte numbers from dissections of coral polyps from five adult colonies from 12 genets held in Mote Marine Lab’s spawning nurseries. For a complete list of measurements, refer to the full dataset description in the supplemental file 'Dataset_description.pdf'. The most current version of this dataset is available at: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/867314
  • Article
    Experimental transmission of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease results in differential microbial responses within coral mucus and tissue
    (Springer, 2022-05-30) Huntley, Naomi ; Brandt, Marilyn ; Becker, Cynthia ; Miller, Carolyn A. ; Meiling, Sonora S. ; Correa, Adrienne M.S. ; Holstein, Daniel M. ; Muller, Erinn ; Mydlarz, Laura ; Smith, Tyler B. ; Apprill, Amy
    Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is a widespread and deadly disease that affects nearly half of Caribbean coral species. To understand the microbial community response to this disease, we performed a disease transmission experiment on US Virgin Island (USVI) corals, exposing six species of coral with varying susceptibility to SCTLD. The microbial community of the surface mucus and tissue layers were examined separately using a small subunit ribosomal RNA gene-based sequencing approach, and data were analyzed to identify microbial community shifts following disease acquisition, potential causative pathogens, as well as compare microbiota composition to field-based corals from the USVI and Florida outbreaks. While all species displayed similar microbiome composition with disease acquisition, microbiome similarity patterns differed by both species and mucus or tissue microhabitat. Further, disease exposed but not lesioned corals harbored a mucus microbial community similar to those showing disease signs, suggesting that mucus may serve as an early warning detection for the onset of SCTLD. Like other SCTLD studies in Florida, Rhodobacteraceae, Arcobacteraceae, Desulfovibrionaceae, Peptostreptococcaceae, Fusibacter, Marinifilaceae, and Vibrionaceae dominated diseased corals. This study demonstrates the differential response of the mucus and tissue microorganisms to SCTLD and suggests that mucus microorganisms may be diagnostic for early disease exposure.
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    Imaging pulse amplitude modulator fluorometer data collected from Acropora cervicornis under different pH and temperature treatments from experiments at Summerland Key, Florida from July to September 2017
    (Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). Contact: bco-dmo-data@whoi.edu, 2020-05-20) Muller, Erinn
    Imaging pulse amplitude modulator fluorometer data collected from Acropora cervicornis under different pH and temperature treatments from experiments at Summerland Key, Florida (24.6616,-81.4538) from July to September 2017. For a complete list of measurements, refer to the full dataset description in the supplemental file 'Dataset_description.pdf'. The most current version of this dataset is available at: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/811896
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    Assessment of polyps per area of Acropora cervicornis genotypes sampled July 2020 for fecundity analysis at Mote Marine Laboratory
    (Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). Contact: bco-dmo-data@whoi.edu, 2022-03-24) Koch, Hanna ; Muller, Erinn ; Azu, Yuen ; Bartels, Erich
    Primary fecundity was assessed for Acropora cervicornis corals with known disease susceptibility. This dataset presents information on the number of polyps per area from linear branches of five colonies with 12 genets held in Mote Marine Lab’s spawning nurseries. For a complete list of measurements, refer to the full dataset description in the supplemental file 'Dataset_description.pdf'. The most current version of this dataset is available at: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/868308
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    Acropora cervicornis photosynthesis and respiration rates under different pH and temperature treatments from experiments at Summerland Key, Florida in September of 2016
    (Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). Contact: bco-dmo-data@whoi.edu, 2019-10-18) Muller, Erinn
    This dataset contains oxygen change rates under dark and light conditions from 12 Acropora cervicornis genotypes previously exposed to different pH and temperature treatments. The coral surface area during photosynthesis and respiration experiments is included. The experiments were conducted in tanks at Summerland Key, Florida (24.6616,-81.4538) between 2016-09-02 and 2016-09-10 with corals from a nursery located near Looe Key Reef (24.5636, -81.2786). For a complete list of measurements, refer to the full dataset description in the supplemental file 'Dataset_description.pdf'. The most current version of this dataset is available at: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/712366
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    Biogeochemistry, metabolomics, and metagenomics of Florida's Coral Reef from sampling conducted over 15 days in June 2019
    (Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). Contact: bco-dmo-data@whoi.edu, 2023-03-08) Apprill, Amy ; Kujawinski, Elizabeth ; Muller, Erinn ; Sandin, Stuart ; Weber, Laura ; Clark, Abigail ; Kido Soule, Melissa C. ; Longnecker, Krista ; Zgliczynski, Brian ; Sullivan, Chris ; Becker, Cynthia Carroll
    This comparative 'omics dataset was collected over 15 days in June 2019 along Florida's Coral Reef. We assessed 85 reefs for the prevalence of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD), nutrients (total organic carbon (TOC), total organic nitrogen (TON), inorganic nutrients), and abundances of microbial functional groups (Prochlorococcus, Synechococcus, picoeukaryotes, and heterotrophic microbes (unpigmented bacteria and archaea)), from reef depth waters. At 45 of the reefs, high-resolution photomosaics were used to examine the composition of benthic organisms. At 13 geographically dispersed reefs, we collected seawater (1.7 liters in biological triplicates) for both targeted and untargeted metabolomics analyses. Seawater (2 liters in duplicate) was collected at 26 sites, including the 13 examined for metabolomics, for taxonomic (bacteria and archaea 16S ribosomal RNA gene) and functional (shotgun metagenome) microbiome analyses, and chlorophyll. Given the stony coral tissue loss disease outbreak, we also targeted healthy and diseased coral tissue and near-coral seawater for taxonomic microbiome (16S rRNA gene) analysis (11 sites). Significance: Microorganisms and the dissolved metabolites they process are central to the functioning of ocean ecosystems. These 'invisible' ocean components are poorly understood in biodiverse and productive coral reef ecosystems, where they contribute to nutrient cycling and signaling cues between reef organisms. Microbes and dissolved metabolites offer a new means to examine reef features and have applications for conservation, monitoring, and restoration efforts in these changing ecosystems. For a complete list of measurements, refer to the full dataset description in the supplemental file 'Dataset_description.pdf'. The most current version of this dataset is available at: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/890979
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    Acropora cervicornis buoyant weight measurements under different pH and temperature treatments from experiments at Summerland Key, Florida from July to September 2017
    (Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). Contact: bco-dmo-data@whoi.edu, 2020-05-20) Muller, Erinn
    This dataset contains Acropora cervicornis buoyant weight measurements from different pH and temperature treatments. The experiments were conducted in tanks at Summerland Key, Florida (24.6616,-81.4538) July to September of 2017. For a complete list of measurements, refer to the full dataset description in the supplemental file 'Dataset_description.pdf'. The most current version of this dataset is available at: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/811853
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    Microorganisms and dissolved metabolites distinguish Florida’s Coral Reef habitats
    (National Academy of Sciences, 2023-09-05) Becker, Cynthia C. ; Weber, Laura ; Zgliczynski, Brian J. ; Sullivan, Chris ; Sandin, Stuart A. ; Muller, Erinn ; Clark, Abigail S. ; Kido Soule, Melissa C. ; Longnecker, Krista ; Kujawinski, Elizabeth ; Apprill, Amy
    As coral reef ecosystems experience unprecedented change, effective monitoring of reef features supports management, conservation, and intervention efforts. Omic techniques show promise in quantifying key components of reef ecosystems including dissolved metabolites and microorganisms that may serve as invisible sensors for reef ecosystem dynamics. Dissolved metabolites are released by reef organisms and transferred among microorganisms, acting as chemical currencies and contributing to nutrient cycling and signaling on reefs. Here, we applied four omic techniques (taxonomic microbiome via amplicon sequencing, functional microbiome via shotgun metagenomics, targeted metabolomics, and untargeted metabolomics) to waters overlying Florida's Coral Reef, as well as microbiome profiling on individual coral colonies from these reefs to understand how microbes and dissolved metabolites reflect biogeographical, benthic, and nutrient properties of this 500-km barrier reef. We show that the microbial and metabolite omic approaches each differentiated reef habitats based on geographic zone. Further, seawater microbiome profiling and targeted metabolomics were significantly related to more reef habitat characteristics, such as amount of hard and soft coral, compared to metagenomic sequencing and untargeted metabolomics. Across five coral species, microbiomes were also significantly related to reef zone, followed by species and disease status, suggesting that the geographic water circulation patterns in Florida also impact the microbiomes of reef builders. A combination of differential abundance and indicator species analyses revealed metabolite and microbial signatures of specific reef zones, which demonstrates the utility of these techniques to provide new insights into reef microbial and metabolite features that reflect broader ecosystem processes.
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    Stony coral tissue loss disease induces transcriptional signatures of in situ degradation of dysfunctional Symbiodiniaceae
    (Nature Research, 2023-05-22) Beavers, Kelsey M. ; Van Buren, Emily W. ; Rossin, Ashley M. ; Emery, Madison A. ; Veglia, Alex J. ; Karrick, Carly E. ; MacKnight, Nicholas J. ; Dimos, Bradford A. ; Meiling, Sonora S. ; Smith, Tyler B. ; Apprill, Amy ; Muller, Erinn M. ; Holstein, Daniel M. ; Correa, Adrienne M. S. ; Brandt, Marilyn E. ; Mydlarz, Laura D.
    Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD), one of the most pervasive and virulent coral diseases on record, affects over 22 species of reef-building coral and is decimating reefs throughout the Caribbean. To understand how different coral species and their algal symbionts (family Symbiodiniaceae) respond to this disease, we examine the gene expression profiles of colonies of five species of coral from a SCTLD transmission experiment. The included species vary in their purported susceptibilities to SCTLD, and we use this to inform gene expression analyses of both the coral animal and their Symbiodiniaceae. We identify orthologous coral genes exhibiting lineage-specific differences in expression that correlate to disease susceptibility, as well as genes that are differentially expressed in all coral species in response to SCTLD infection. We find that SCTLD infection induces increased expression of rab7, an established marker of in situ degradation of dysfunctional Symbiodiniaceae, in all coral species accompanied by genus-level shifts in Symbiodiniaceae photosystem and metabolism gene expression. Overall, our results indicate that SCTLD infection induces symbiophagy across coral species and that the severity of disease is influenced by Symbiodiniaceae identity.
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    Acropora cervicornis Data Coordination Hub, an open access database for evaluating genet performance
    (Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, 2023-03-24) Kiel, Patrick M. ; Formel, Nathan ; Jankulak, Mike ; Baker, Andrew C. ; Cunning, Ross ; Gilliam, David S. ; Kenkel, Carly ; Langdon, Chris ; Lirman, Diego ; Lustic, Caitlin ; Maxwell, Kerry ; Moulding, Alison L. ; Moura, Amelia ; Muller, Erinn M. ; Schopmeyer, Stephanie ; Winters, R. Scott ; Enochs, Ian C.
    Once one of the predominant reef-building corals in the region, Acropora cervicornis is now a focal species of coral restoration efforts in Florida and the western Caribbean. Scientists and restoration practitioners have been independently collecting phenotypic data on genets of A. cervicornis grown in restoration nurseries. While these data are important for understanding the intraspecific response to varying environmental conditions, and thus the potential genetic contribution to phenotypic variation, in isolation these observations are of limited use for large-scale, multi- institution restoration efforts that are becoming increasingly necessary. Here, we present the Acropora cervicornis Data Coordination Hub, a web-accessible relational database to align disparate datasets to compare genet-specific performance. In this data descriptor, we release data for 248 genets evaluated across 38 separate traits. We present a framework to align datasets with the ultimate goal of facilitating informed, data-driven restoration throughout the Caribbean.