Giant Kelp Microbiome Altered in the Presence of Epiphytes

This data package includes data tables documenting microbial community on kelp blades as well as surrounding water column, and R script that analyzes diversity of the microbiomes in kelp forests. Samples were collected using stand up paddle boards at two kelp beds in the Santa Barbara Channel: Arroyo Quemado (AQ: 34° 28.127′ N, 120° 07.285′ W) and Mohawk Reef (MR; 34° 23.660′ N, 119° 43.800′ W) from May to August, 2018. Seawater samples were also collected as part of this project and to compare kelp microbiomes to microbial communities in the surrounding water column. The raw sequencing reads were archived in the Sequence Read Archive data repository through NCBI (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA612503) This work was conducted by AK James, CJ English, N Nidzieko, CA Carlson, and EG Wilbanks. This data package is a mirror of a GitHub project: https://github.com/ajamesk10/KELP_SBC_16S_2018