T-RFLP, response of the microbial community to coral spawning, lagoon and reef flats in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii during 2006 - 2007 (MiCoDe project)

<p>The response of the microbial community to coral spawning was investigated over a period of 18 mo, from January 2006 to July 2007, in reef flat and lagoon environments of a subtropical embayment (Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, USA). The composition of the bacterioplankton community was characterized using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis of bacterial small-subunit (SSU) ribosomal RNA genes in parallel with measurements of microbial cell abundances, bacterial production via 3H-leucine incorporation, and seawater biochemical parameters. Abundance of coral eggs, zooplankton, and bacterial, and chlorophyll&nbsp;were measured along with&nbsp;nutrient analysis and&nbsp;physical parameters.</p>

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<p>These data are published in&nbsp;Apprill, A. M., and M. S. Rappé (2011) Response of the microbial community to coral spawning in lagoon and reef flat environments of Hawaii, USA. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 62:251-266.</p>