PRJNA716850
protist communities in a semi-enclosed coral reef bay
High-throughput amplicon sequencing technology was used to study the biodiversity and community structure of protists from coral reefs and open sea areas, with the typical semi-enclosed bay Daya Bay as the research object. Seawater samples were collected from coral reef (CR) and nearby open water (OW) areas in August 2018 (summer), November 2018 (autumn), February 2019 (winter) and May 2019 (spring). The locations of the coral reef (CR1-CR5) and open water (OW1-OW5) sites in Daya Bay .