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Global genetic diversity status and trends: towards a suite of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) for genetic composition. [PDF]

Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc, 2022
ABSTRACT Biodiversity underlies ecosystem resilience, ecosystem function, sustainable economies, and human well‐being. Understanding how biodiversity sustains ecosystems under anthropogenic stressors and global environmental change will require new ways of deriving and applying biodiversity data.
Hoban S, Archer FI, Bertola LD, Bragg JG, Breed MF, Bruford MW, Coleman MA, Ekblom R, Funk WC, Grueber CE, Hand BK, Jaffé R, Jensen E, Johnson JS, Kershaw F, Liggins L, MacDonald AJ, Mergeay J, Miller JM, Muller-Karger F, O'Brien D, Paz-Vinas I, Potter KM, Razgour O, Vernesi C, Hunter ME.   +25 more
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Trophic redundancy and predator size class structure drive differences in kelp forest ecosystem dynamics. [PDF]

Ecology, 2020
Abstract Ecosystems are changing at alarming rates because of climate change and a wide variety of other anthropogenic stressors. These stressors have the potential to cause phase shifts to less productive ecosystems. A major challenge for ecologists is to identify ecosystem attributes that enhance resilience and can buffer systems from shifts to less ...
Eisaguirre JH, Eisaguirre JM, Davis K, Carlson PM, Gaines SD, Caselle JE.   +5 more
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Evaluation of marine zooplankton community structure through environmental DNA metabarcoding. [PDF]

Limnol Oceanogr Methods, 2018
Abstract Zooplankton dominate the abundance and biomass of multicellular animals in pelagic marine environments; however, traditional methods to characterize zooplankton communities are invasive and laborious. This study compares zooplankton taxonomic composition revealed through metabarcoding of the cytochrome oxidase I (COI) and 18S rRNA genes to ...
Djurhuus A, Pitz K, Sawaya NA, Rojas-Márquez J, Michaud B, Montes E, Muller-Karger F, Breitbart M.   +7 more
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Assessing eukaryotic biodiversity in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary through environmental DNA metabarcoding. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2019
Spatial and temporal patterns of biodiversity were assessed in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) by preforming environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding of two molecular markers (COI and 18S rRNA) from one liter surface water samples collected at three reef sites (Molasses Reef, Looe Key, and Western Sambo) during four 2015 research ...
Sawaya NA, Djurhuus A, Closek CJ, Hepner M, Olesin E, Visser L, Kelble C, Hubbard K, Breitbart M.   +8 more
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Satellite sensor requirements for monitoring essential biodiversity variables of coastal ecosystems. [PDF]

Ecol Appl, 2018
Abstract The biodiversity and high productivity of coastal terrestrial and aquatic habitats are the foundation for important benefits to human societies around the world. These globally distributed habitats need frequent and broad systematic assessments, but field surveys only cover a small fraction of these areas.
Muller-Karger FE, Hestir E, Ade C, Turpie K, Roberts DA, Siegel D, Miller RJ, Humm D, Izenberg N, Keller M, Morgan F, Frouin R, Dekker AG, Gardner R, Goodman J, Schaeffer B, Franz BA, Pahlevan N, Mannino AG, Concha JA, Ackleson SG, Cavanaugh KC, Romanou A, Tzortziou M, Boss ES, Pavlick R, Freeman A, Rousseaux CS, Dunne J, Long MC, Klein E, McKinley GA, Goes J, Letelier R, Kavanaugh M, Roffer M, Bracher A, Arrigo KR, Dierssen H, Zhang X, Davis FW, Best B, Guralnick R, Moisan J, Sosik HM, Kudela R, Mouw CB, Barnard AH, Palacios S, Roesler C, Drakou EG, Appeltans W, Jetz W.   +52 more
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Integrating ocean observations across body‐size classes to deliver benthic invertebrate abundance and distribution information

Limnology and Oceanography Letters, Volume 8, Issue 5, Page 692-706, October 2023., 2023
Abstract Invertebrate animals living at the seafloor make up a prominent component of life globally, spanning 10 orders of magnitude in body size over 71% of Earth's surface. However, integrating information across sizes and sampling methodologies has limited our understanding of the influence of natural variation, climate change and human activity ...
Henry A. Ruhl, Brian J. Bett, Jeroen Ingels, Adrian Martin, Andrew R. Gates, Andrew Yool, Noëlie M.A. Benoist, Ward Appeltans, Kerry L. Howell, Roberto Danovaro   +9 more
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Small‐organelle‐enriched metagenomics: An improved method for environmental DNA‐based identification of marine plankton

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, Volume 21, Issue 4, Page 178-191, April 2023., 2023
Abstract Understanding marine biodiversity is of paramount importance. Recently, we developed a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)‐free small‐organelle‐enriched metagenomics (SoEM) method with enhanced performance in species identification compared to multimarker DNA metabarcoding. However, this method has a problem of applicability for field surveys, for
Soyeong Jin, Hyun‐Gwan Lee, Chungoo Park, Kwang Young Kim   +3 more
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Calcification accretion units (CAUs): A standardized approach for quantifying recruitment and calcium carbonate accretion in marine habitats

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 7, Page 1436-1446, July 2022., 2022
Abstract Standardized metrics that quantify a component of ecosystem functioning are essential for evaluating the current status of coastal marine habitats and for monitoring how ecologically important ecosystems are changing in response to global and local environmental change.
Maggie D. Johnson, Nichole N. Price, Jennifer E. Smith   +2 more
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The Asia‐Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network: 10‐year achievements and new strategies to 2030

Ecological Research, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 232-257, March 2021., 2021
The Asia‐Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network (APBON) was launched in 2009 to increase exchange of knowledge and know‐how between institutions and researchers concerning biodiversity science research in the Asia‐Pacific (AP) region and thereby contribute to evidence‐based decision making and policy‐making.
Yayoi Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Muraoka, Takehisa Yamakita, Yuichi Kano, Shin Nagai, Touch Bunthang, Mark John Costello, Dedy Darnaedi, Bibian Diway, Tonny Ganyai, Chaiwut Grudpan, Alice Hughes, Reiichiro Ishii, Po Teen Lim, Keping Ma, Aidy M. Muslim, Shin‐ichi Nakano, Masahiro Nakaoka, Tohru Nakashizuka, Manabu Onuma, Chan‐Ho Park, Runi Sylvester Pungga, Yusuke Saito, Mangal Man Shakya, Mohd Khairulazman Sulaiman, Maya Sumi, Phanara Thach, Yongyut Trisurat, Xuehong Xu, Hiroya Yamano, Tze Leong Yao, Eun‐Shik Kim, Sheila Vergara, Tetsukazu Yahara   +33 more
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Expanding the scale and scope of the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network Pole to Pole of the Americas: Merging rocky intertidal biodiversity surveys with environmental DNA and plankton imaging applications [PDF]

Research Ideas and Outcomes
The Marine Biodiversity Observation Network Pole to Pole of the Americas (MBON Pole to Pole) brought together 30 participants from 10 countries in Patagonia, Argentina, to strengthen observing capacity of coastal biodiversity across the Americas.
Gonzalo Bravo, Gregorio Bigatti, Mariana Lozada, Luke Thompson, Juan Livore, María Mendez, Lorena Arribas, Lino Bigatti, Tyler Christian, Erasmo Macaya, Edgardo Londoño-Cruz, Nicolas Moity, Juan Cruz-Motta, Augusto Flores, Gabriela Vélez-Rubio, Maria Palomo, Cesar Cordeiro, Franciane Pellizzari, Maritza Cárdenas-Calle, La Daana Kanhai, Ivonne Vivar Linares, Patricia Gil-Kodaka, Linsey Martinez, Pablo Sugliano, Agostina Trigo, Juan Zottola, Dulce Blanco, Matias Tricase, Nadia Bravo, Mariana Degrati, Camila Tavano Formigo, Frank Muller-Karger, Enrique Montes   +32 more
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