Temperate Coral Microbiome Shifts During Induced Dormancy and Recovery

2.7 MB of supplementary data from an experiment on the temperate coral Astrangia poculata. The data, authored by Anya L. Brown and last updated in May 2026, documents microbial community shifts associated with temperature-induced dormancy and recovery across two populations. The results suggest consistent and predictable microbiome restructuring during these periods.

Use Cases

• Analyzing microbial community shifts during dormancy based on the described experimental manipulation of temperature.
• Studying the role of the genus Sulfitobacter in coral recovery based on the discussion of its potential involvement.
• Modeling microbiome assembly patterns during stress recovery based on the described consistent and predictable restructuring.
• Comparing microbial responses to dormancy between different coral populations as mentioned in the methods.

Strengths

• Data is associated with a controlled laboratory experiment inducing dormancy, as described in the methods.
• The dataset is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, permitting open sharing and adaptation.
• The description provides a clear biological narrative linking dormancy, microbiome shifts, and recovery.

Limitations

• The primary data file is a 2.7 MB DOCX document, which may contain processed results or text rather than raw, machine-readable data tables.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Experimental manipulation of temperature to induce dormancy, with microbial community measurement, as described.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-07 05:36:51; freshness should be verified.