An Integrative Assessment Combining Deep-Sea Net Sampling, in situ Observations and Environmental DNA Analysis Identifies Cabo Verde as a Cephalopod Biodiversity Hotspot in the Atlantic Ocean

An Integrative Assessment Combining Deep-Sea Net Sampling, in situ Observations and Environmental DNA Analysis Identifies Cabo Verde as a Cephalopod Biodiversity Hotspot in the Atlantic Ocean

The deep sea is among the largest, most biologically diverse, yet least-explored ecosystems on Earth. Baseline information on deep-sea biodiversity is crucial for understanding ecosystem functioning and for detecting community changes. Here, we established a baseline of cephalopod community composit...

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Main Authors: Véronique Merten, Till Bayer, Thorsten B. H. Reusch, Oscar Puebla, Janina Fuss, Julia Stefanschitz, Alexandra Lischka, Helena Hauss, Philipp Neitzel, Uwe Piatkowski, Stephanie Czudaj, Bernd Christiansen, Anneke Denda, Henk-Jan T. Hoving
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
environmental DNA (eDNA)
cephalopods
biodiversity
Macaronesia
Cabo Verde
metabarcoding
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.760108/full

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