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Incorporating environmental DNA metabarcoding for improved benthic biodiversity and habitat mapping

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Seafloor imagery is commonly used to collect information about the distribution of benthic organisms in order to generate habitat and biodiversity maps. Recent advances in genomics (e.g., environmental DNA; eDNA) show potential to complement video surveys for habitat mapping, but there have been few examples testing this.
Rylan J. Command, Shreya Nemani, Benjamin Misiuk, Mehrdad Hajibabaei, Nicole Fahner, Emily Porter, Greg Singer, Beverly McClenaghan, Katleen Robert   +8 more
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Vegetation type mediates how urbanization reshapes the structure, function, and spatial variation of soil food webs

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Urbanization represents one of the major anthropogenic alterations of the Earth's surface, with significant impacts on biodiversity and its functions. Soil animals are essential components of biodiversity, and their trophic interactions play integral roles in the ...
Haifeng Yao, Zhipeng Li, Saichao Zhang, Shasha Hu, Huayuan Shangguan, Xin Sun, Anton M. Potapov   +6 more
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Hirudinea (Annelida) Fauna of Some Wetlands in Bingöl Province

Türkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi, 2022
Objective:Leeches are important and reliable indicators of water quality and biodiversity in the ecosystem, so the presence of specific leech species is often closely related to basic water conditions and the presence of certain animals.
Tuba Elaltunkara, Mustafa Koyun, Nimetullah Korkut, Naim Sağlam   +3 more
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First Record of Bioluminescence in a Sipunculan Worm

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
During a search for bioluminescent marine annelids around the island of Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, we discovered bioluminescence in the sipunculan worm Nephasoma pellucidum. The identification of N. pellucidum was verified by DNA barcoding of ∼650 bp of the
Anderson G. Oliveira, Danilo T. Amaral, Mary Colleen Hannon, Anja Schulze   +3 more
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Structured machine learning modeling to support conservation of deep‐sea benthic biodiversity

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Biodiversity monitoring programs need to deliver accurate, timely, and actionable predictions. To establish a predictive monitoring program for deep‐sea benthos of the Santos Basin, Brazil, we developed a two‐stage structured model that allowed comparison of biodiversity predictions obtained from environmental simulations (2M‐Sim).
Gustavo Fonseca, Danilo C. Vieira, Juliane C. Carneiro, Renato S. Carreira, Milena Ceccopieri, Thais N. Corbisier, Adriana Galindo Dalto, Alberto G. Figueiredo Jr., Fabiane Gallucci, Paula Gheller, Simone Brito de Jesus, Helena Passeri Lavrado, Letícia Lazzari, Eduardo Hilzendeger Marcon, Daniel Leite Moreira, Rafael Bendayan de Moura, Ellen Pape, Ana Cláudia Aoki Santarosa, João Regis dos Santos Filho, Silvia Helena de Mello e Sousa, Thaisa Marques Vicente, Luciana Erika Yaginuma, Cinthia Yamashita, Wandrey Watanabe   +23 more
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Evaluating and Advancing the Use of Shore‐Based Observers for Scientific Sampling and Catch Verification in High‐Volume Fisheries

Fisheries Management and Ecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Shore‐based observers are increasingly being used in place of at‐sea observers to monitor and sample commercial fisheries catch. However, few evaluations assess whether these programs meet their stated goals or how to optimize them, and industry data are rarely tested for accuracy despite serving as the foundation for catch accounting. Using a
Christian Gredzens, Andy Kingham, Jason E. Jannot   +2 more
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Food intake of early juvenile western Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) during settlement transition

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the gut contents of 203 early juvenile Atlantic cod [17–101 mm ± 18.48 mm standard deviation (SD)] from the Western Baltic Sea (ICES Subdivision 22) collected between 2020 and 2022. According to the observed prey (proportion of pelagic, intermediate and benthic items) in the cod guts, settlement transition from a pelagic to
Anton Höper, Nicole Funk, Felix Mittermayer, Axel Temming, Steffen Funk   +4 more
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Assessment of Benthic Ecological Quality Status in the Subtidal Zone of Northern Jeju Island, South Korea, During Summer Based on Macrobenthos

Animals
Background: Jeju Island is a world-renowned tourist destination. However, with the increasing intensity of anthropogenic activities, the coastal marine environment of Jeju Island has been negatively affected.
Jian Liang, Chae-Woo Ma, Kwang-Bae Kim
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New systematic results based on chaetal hard structures in Mesochaetopterus (Polychaeta)

Scientia Marina, 2006
Two kinds of chaetal hard structures have been analysed within the genus Mesochaetopterus (Chaetopteridae, Polychaeta): the specialised chaetae of the fourth segment of the anterior part of the body (i.e. the A4 segment) and the uncinal plates present on
Michel Bhaud, Byoung-Seoul Koh, Daniel Martín   +2 more
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Juvenile and Adult Three‐Spined Sticklebacks Exhibit Different Habitat Use in Shallow Baltic Sea Bays

Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries, Volume 6, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Three‐spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) have become dominant in many Baltic Sea coastal fish assemblages, yet life‐stage‐specific habitat use remains poorly understood. We surveyed shallow water habitats along the coast of Gotland, Sweden, to examine how juvenile and adult stickleback abundances relate to variables such as submersed
Chiara D'Agata, Thomas A. B. Staveley
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