Ecological results of SCTLD multi-species transmission experiment at the University of the Virgin Islands Center for Marine and Environmental Studies

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.

本数据集呈现了石珊瑚组织脱落病（stony coral tissue loss disease, SCTLD）多物种传播实验的生态学结果。实验选取分属6个珊瑚物种的8个珊瑚群体（Colpophyllia natans、Montastraea cavernosa、Orbicella annularis、Porites astreoides、Pseudodiploria strigosa及Siderastrea siderea），将每个群体均分为两半；其中一半片段同时暴露于受SCTLD感染的Diploria labyrinthiformis群体，另一半则暴露于健康的D. labyrinthiformis群体。整个实验周期为8天，期间对所有珊瑚的病斑出现情况开展监测。暴露于健康对照群体的珊瑚未观测到任何病斑。本数据集记录了暴露于SCTLD的珊瑚片段的病斑出现数量、病斑出现时间及病斑扩展速率。