Multi-locus microsatellite genotypes of Pocillopora acuta (Scleractinia: Pocilloporidae) in the Bolinao-Anda Reef Complex, Philippines

This repository contains genotype data and sampling metadata used for the manuscript \"Shifts in coral clonality along a gradient of disturbance: insights on reproduction and dispersal of Pocillopora acuta\". The dataset contains genotypes of 428 P. acuta colonies using 16 polymorphic microsatellite loci, colony sizes, in-transect locations of each coral, and geographic coordinates of reef sites. These were used to examine clonal richness and structure, population genetic differentiation, and demographic and genetic connectivity within the reef system. In the study, we estimated the relative contribution of sexual and asexual modes of reproduction to population maintenance, and inferred the species' spatial scale of realized dispersal all against a backdrop of varying levels of wave exposure.Â