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| Polanco Fernández, Andrea; Marques, Virginie; Fopp, Fabian; Juhel, Jean‐baptiste; Borrero‐pérez, Giomar Helena; Cheutin, Marie‐charlotte; Dejean, Tony; González Corredor, Juan David; Acosta‐chaparro, Andrés; Hocdé, Régis; Eme, David; Maire, Eva; Spescha, Manuel; Valentini, Alice; Manel, Stéphanie; Mouillot, David; Albouy, Camille; Pellissier, Loïc. |
| Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis is a revolutionary method to monitor marine biodiversity from animal DNA traces. Examining the capacity of eDNA to provide accurate biodiversity measures in species‐rich ecosystems such as coral reefs is a prerequisite for their application in long‐term monitoring. Here, we surveyed two Colombian tropical marine reefs, the island of Providencia and Gayraca Bay near Santa Marta, using eDNA and underwater visual census (UVC) methods. We collected a large quantity of surface water (30 L per filter) above the reefs and applied a metabarcoding protocol using three different primer sets targeting the 12S mitochondrial DNA, which are specific to the vertebrates Actinopterygii and Elasmobranchii. By assigning eDNA sequences to... |
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Palavras-chave: Biodiversity; Biomonitoring; Caribbean Sea; Environmental DNA; Reef fishes; Underwater visual census. |
| Ano: 2021 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00653/76543/77643.pdf |
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