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| Boussarie, Germain; Bakker, Judith; Wangensteen, Owen S.; Mariani, Stefano; Bonnin, Lucas; Juhel, Jean-baptiste; Kiszka, Jeremy J.; Kulbicki, Michel; Manel, Stephanie; Robbins, William D.; Vigliola, Laurent; Mouillot, David. |
| In the era of "Anthropocene defaunation," large species are often no longer detected in habitats where they formerly occurred. However, it is unclear whether this apparent missing, or "dark," diversity of megafauna results from local species extirpations or from failure to detect elusive remaining individuals. We find that despite two orders of magnitude less sampling effort, environmental DNA (eDNA) detects 44% more shark species than traditional underwater visual censuses and baited videos across the New Caledonian archipelago (south-western Pacific). Furthermore, eDNA analysis reveals the presence of previously unobserved shark species in human-impacted areas. Overall, our results highlight a greater prevalence of sharks than described by traditional... |
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| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00442/55321/56837.pdf |
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