Nature vs nurture: uncovering the functional responses of stressed coral microbiomes

在过去的一年里，我能够进行多次实地考察，并完成了一个大型实验和随后的样品处理。调查是在冲绳西海岸沿着进行的。收集目标珊瑚物种，以确定微生物物种的变量，如（但不限于）：温度，距离河流输入，最近的人口密度等。此外，收集珊瑚，并进行了对照实验。为了了解微生物群落结构和功能的差异如何影响珊瑚的生存，在冲绳西海岸沿着采集的珊瑚暴露于不同的压力源，例如，温度，pH值，缺氧等。已经收集了数千个样本，目前正在进行后续的实验室和数据分析。

This past year, I was able to conduct multiple fieldwork expeditions and accomplish a large experiment and subsequent sample processing. Surveys were conducted along the west coast of Okinawa. Targeted coral species were collected to determine microbial species across variables such as (but not limited to): temperature, distance to river input, nearest population density, etc. In addition, corals were collected and a controlled experiment was conducted. To understand how differences in microbial community structure and function impacted coral survival, corals collected along the west coast of Okinawa were exposed to different stressors, for example, temperature, pH, hypoxia, etc. This was the second attempt at the large experiment. Thousands of samples have been collected, and subsequent lab and data analyses are currently underway.