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.