SCTLD resistance research consortium (RRC) Orbicella faveolata bioinformatics and data analyses synthesis Final Summary Report

The Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Resistance Research Consortium’s (SCTLD RRC) integrated approach to understanding the underpinnings for SCTLD resistance and susceptibility among Florida O. faveolata populations has been a success. The synchronized core sampling across time of year, regions, and disease resistance classes of a statistically robust number of corals has given many insights into the genetic, biochemical, and physiological underpinnings in the holobiont of individuals. However, there is much work remaining to uncover the many statistical associations and pathways across the various components. The analyses of the various components in this investigation, genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, proteomics, lipidomics, histopathology, microbiomes, endosymbionts, tissue regeneration, and fecundity, have elicited many future research leads to gain a wholistic understanding of the coral’s condition.