A bioturbation classification of European marine infaunal invertebrates. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2013 Bioturbation, the biogenic modification of sediments through particle reworking and burrow ventilation, is a key mediator of many important geochemical processes in marine systems.
Queirós AM +11 more
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Considerations for metabarcoding-based port biological baseline surveys aimed at marine nonindigenous species monitoring and risk assessments. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2020 Biodiversity inferences through metabarcoding of port samples allow biodiversity baseline surveys and early detection of nonindigenous species. Yet, successful application requires sampling different habitats, sites, and seasons. Abstract Monitoring introduction and spread of nonindigenous species via maritime transport and performing risk assessments ...
Rey A, Basurko OC, Rodriguez-Ezpeleta N.
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Exceptional endemicity of Aotearoa New Zealand biota shows how taxa dispersal traits, but not phylogeny, correlate with global species richness. [PDF]
J R Soc N ZABSTRACT Species’ with more limited dispersal and consequently less gene flow are more likely to form new spatially segregated species and thus contribute disproportionally to endemic biota and global species richness. Aotearoa New Zealand has exceptional endemicity, with 52% of its 54,000 named species endemic, including 32%, 39% and 68% for ...
Costello MJ.
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Biodiversity assessment of tropical shelf eukaryotic communities via pelagic eDNA metabarcoding. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2019 Water samples from four Caribbean areas were sampled and subjected to universal eukaryote DNA metabarcoding. Tens of thousands of species were recovered, the vast majority being unicellular protists, most of which poorly known taxonomically and ecologically. Multivariate analyses clearly separated samples according to both region and habitat of origin.
Bakker J +8 more
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DNA metabarcoding unveils multiscale trophic variation in a widespread coastal opportunist. [PDF]
Mol Ecol, 2019 Abstract A thorough understanding of ecological networks relies on comprehensive information on trophic relationships among species. Since unpicking the diet of many organisms is unattainable using traditional morphology‐based approaches, the application of high‐throughput sequencing methods represents a rapid and powerful way forward.
Siegenthaler A +4 more
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Environmental DNA, Volume 4, Issue 2, Page 363-384, March 2022., 2022 We assessed how the choice of bioinformatics algorithm (UCLUST, VSearch, DADA2, and Deblur) impacts the downstream biological conclusions that are drawn from eukaryotic 18S rRNA metabarcoding studies by using a low‐complexity and high‐complexity dataset. ASV algorithms produce more biologically realistic metabarcoding outputs, with DADA2 being the most
Alejandro De Santiago +3 more
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Phylogeny of Oweniidae (Polychaeta) based on morphological data and taxonomic revision of Australian fauna [PDF]
, 2012 The family Oweniidae Rioja, 1917 is a small group of broadly distributed polychaetes whose relationships and position in the annelid tree are still poorly understood.
Capa, Maria +2 more
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Inventory and new records of Polychaete species from the Cap Bon peninsula , North East coast of Tunisia, Western Mediterranean Sea [PDF]
, 2012 An inventory of polychaete species is presented from the north-east coast of Tunisia with an historic review of the previous literature from Tunisian coasts.
Afli, A +4 more
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Annelid phylogeny and the status of Sipuncula and Echiura. [PDF]
BMC Evol Biol, 2007 BACKGROUND: Annelida comprises an ancient and ecologically important animal phylum with over 16,500 described species and members are the dominant macrofauna of the deep sea.
Struck TH +6 more
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First record of Longosomatidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Iceland with a worldwide review of diagnostic characters of the family [PDF]
, 2014 The family Longosomatidae Hartman, 1944 (Annelida: Polychaeta) is newly reported for Icelandic waters. The diversity, taxonomy and ecology of this poorly-known monogeneric family are reviewed based on material collected during the BIOICE project.
Aguirrezabalaga, Florencio +2 more
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