RRAP-ECT-1.1 Metadata, phenotypes, photos, and links to genomic data for Acropora hyacinthus, Acropora kenti, and Acropora spathulata
This data records contains the colony level metadata for three species investigated as part of RRAP ECT-01:
- Acropora hyacinthus (a species complex, includes A. tersa and A. divaricata. See Rasmussen et al. 2025 for details)
- Acropora kenti
- Acropora spathulata
Between 500 and 700 colonies for these 3 species were located via scuba, photographed in-situ, and collected for genotyping and phenotyping between 2021 and 2024. The overarching aim of this work was to phenotype coral colonies for their heat tolerance, and then assess whether a genetic basis for heat tolerance could be identified via estimation of heritability and genome-wide association studies.
Phenotyping for relevant heat-tolerance metrics was conducted the same day of sampling aboard AIMS Research Vessels using the rapid phenotyping assays available with SeaSimInABox.
Genetic samples were preserved in 100% ethanol, and genotyped with a whole-genome resequencing approach.
Details of the sampling methodology, phenotyping assays, and DNA extraction and sequencing are provided in these RRAP publications:
- Naugle et al. 2024 Commun Earth Environ https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01649-4
- Denis et al. 2024 Proc Biol Sci https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.0587
- Denis et al. 2026 Curr Biol https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.04.057
This data records contains:
- Metadata for each sampled colony (including the species, sampled ID, depth, reef ID, sampling date, GPS coordinates, collectors, etc)
- Phenotype data (NDVI and Fv/Fm for each fragment that was sampled and genotyped for each colony.
- Instructions on how to access the raw genomic data (this is gradually being submitted to NCBI Short Read Archive)
- Instructions on how to access photos for each sampled colony
Data and resources
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Sample metadata and field photos for Acropora spathulata from the GBRHTML Open
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UNDER EMBARGO Raw fastq files for Acropora hyacinthus samples collected for RRAP-ECT-1.1HTML Open
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Raw fastq files for Acropora spathulata from the GBRHTML Open
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Sample metadata and field photos for Acropora spathulata collected from New CaledoniaHTML Open
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Field photos of all samples colonies of Acropora spathulata, stored in FigShareHTML Open
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Raw fastq files for Acropora spathulata from New CaledoniaHTML Open
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Not Yet Submitted Raw fastq files for Acropora kenti samples collected for RRAP-ECT-1.1HTML Open
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Additional information
| Date (revision) | 2026-10-24 |
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| Status | onGoing |
| Update frequency | biannually |
| Metadata language | en |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 |
| Source metadata | ISO 19115 XML |
| Last updated | 2026-11-05 |
| Created | 2026-11-05 |
| API | package_show |