Abstract:Seashore paspalum (Paspalum vaginatum Swartz) is a warm-season perennial turfgrass commonly used for golf courses that are grown in saline environments or using saline water for irrigation. However, seashore paspalum is also grown in non-saline conditions due to its low fertilizer and water requirements (2). In Barbados, on a newly constructed golf course, seashore paspalum ‘Sea Isle Supreme’ sprigs were imported from Georgia (United States) and were planted over 2006 and 2007 on greens, tees, fairways, and ro… Show more
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Section: A E a E C-ba Ed D F E F E Ba Bad A Eef Ementioning
confidence: 99%
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We study the microbiome of sea water collected from two locations of the Barbadian coral reefs. The two sites differ in several environmental and ecological variables including their endogenous benthic community in addition to their proximity to urban development and runoffs from inland watersheds. The composition of the microbial community was estimated using whole genome DNA shotgun sequencing. Although both sites exhibit a similar degree of richness, the less urbanized site (Maycocks reef at Hangman’s Bay) is strongly concentrated with phototrophs. In comparison, the more urbanized location (Bellairs Research Institute) is enriched for copiotrophs, macroalgal symbionts and marine-related disease-bearing organisms from taxa scattered across the tree of life. Overall, our samples and associated measurements of chemical and environmental qualities of the water are in line with previous marine microbiome profiles of warm ocean surface waters. This suggests our approach captures salient information regarding the state of each coral reef site and sets the stage for larger longitudinal studies of coral reef dynamics in Barbados.
“…S S [1][2][3] , Be a e V [1][2][3] , Ra ac a d a A 1 , K a e S 1 , Ma S 5 , Med a M 6 , Va Y 7 , D ea V 1,4 , Va H 7 , Wa D 1 , Ha e MT* 1-3 1 De a e f B g 2 . CC-BY 4.0 International license available under a (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity.…”
Section: A E a E C-ba Ed D F E F E Ba Bad A Eef Ementioning
confidence: 99%
“…T ca c a eef e e Ca bbea eg a e bee b ec b g ba a d ca e e e a 50 ea , e g a 80% f c a c e 11,12 . G ba e c de c a e c a ge a c a ed c ea ed ea e e a e a d e e e 1,3,13 , cea a c d g a c a e 14 a d cea ac d f ca 15 . T e eef e d ed e e, c e e e de f Ba bad , a e ed a 70% dec e c a c e e e a decade a d a ffe ed a b eac g e e 2005 a d 2010 11,16 18 .…”
We study the microbiome of sea water collected from two locations of the Barbadian coral reefs. The two sites differ in several environmental and ecological variables including their endogenous benthic community in addition to their proximity to urban development and runoffs from inland watersheds. The composition of the microbial community was estimated using whole genome DNA shotgun sequencing. Although both sites exhibit a similar degree of richness, the less urbanized site (Maycocks reef at Hangman’s Bay) is strongly concentrated with phototrophs. In comparison, the more urbanized location (Bellairs Research Institute) is enriched for copiotrophs, macroalgal symbionts and marine-related disease-bearing organisms from taxa scattered across the tree of life. Overall, our samples and associated measurements of chemical and environmental qualities of the water are in line with previous marine microbiome profiles of warm ocean surface waters. This suggests our approach captures salient information regarding the state of each coral reef site and sets the stage for larger longitudinal studies of coral reef dynamics in Barbados.
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