Inventory of soil prokaryotic and fungal microbiome (via 16S rRNA gene amplicons and ITS sequencing) from Shark River Slough and Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), Florida, USA, February 2019 - October 2020

Global sea-level rise is transforming coastal ecosystems, especially freshwater wetlands, in part due to increased saltwater exposure, leading to change in soil microbial communities and many important biogeochemical processes. Given the high spatial and temporal heterogeneity in coastal wetlands, especially in tropical or subtropical climates characterized by seasonal temperature, precipitation, and tidal fluctuations, it remains unclear which environmental factors influence the compositions of soil microbial communities in wetlands affected by varying degrees of sea-water intrusion. To address this, a two-year survey was conducted on microbial community structure in submerged surface soils from 14 wetland sites across the Florida Everglades, representing three major ecosystem types, i.e. freshwater marshes, mangrove forests, and seagrass meadows. Bulk surface soil samples of each site were collected from February 2019 to October 2020 to cover dry and wet seasons. In addition to bulk soil samples, soil cores were collected from each site in August 2020 to assess vertical gradients of microbial communities. The dataset contains amplicon sequencing data of 16S rRNA gene (both bulk soil and soil cores) and ITS gene (only the bulk soil). The 2019 to 2020 data are published in Zhao et al. 2023. A detailed list of sequence data and their accession numbers in GenBank is provided, and data collection is complete. This data package is an inventory of sequence read archive (SRA) entries available through GenBank BioProject PRJNA804243 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/?term=PRJNA804243), PRJNA804246 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/?term=PRJNA804246), and PRJNA804228 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/?term=PRJNA804228). This data package is associated with the following publication: Zhao, J., Chakrabarti, S., Chambers, R., Weisenhorn, P., Travieso, R., Stumpf, S., Standen, E., Briceno, H., Troxler, T., Gaiser, E., Kominoski, J., Dhillon, B., & Martens-Habbena, W. (2023). Year-around survey and manipulation experiments reveal differential sensitivities of soil prokaryotic and fungal communities to saltwater intrusion in Florida Everglades wetlands. Science of The Total Environment, 858, 159865. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159865 Instead of citing this package, which is an inventory, please cite the original GenBank data or journal article, as appropriate. Citation guidance for the journal article is available on the respective publisher's website.