Cross-ocean patterns and processes in fish biodiversity on coral reefs through the lens of eDNA metabarcoding
| Autor: | Laetitia Mathon, Virginie Marques, David Mouillot, Camille Albouy, Marco Andrello, Florian Baletaud, Giomar H. Borrero-Pérez, Tony Dejean, Graham J. Edgar, Jonathan Grondin, Pierre-Edouard Guerin, Régis Hocdé, Jean-Baptiste Juhel, null Kadarusman, Eva Maire, Gael Mariani, Matthew McLean, Andrea Polanco F., Laurent Pouyaud, Rick D. Stuart-Smith, Hagi Yulia Sugeha, Alice Valentini, Laurent Vigliola, Indra B. Vimono, Loïc Pellissier, Stéphanie Manel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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coral reef fish
Ecology General Immunology and Microbiology Coral Reefs Fishes visual census Biodiversity General Medicine biogeographic patterns DNA Environmental General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology eDNA metabarcoding Animals Humans General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Ecosystem General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Proceedings Of The Royal Society B-biological Sciences (0962-8452) (The Royal Society), 2022-04, Vol. 289, N. 1973, P. 20220162 (10p.) Proc Biol Sci |
| ISSN: | 1471-2954 0962-8452 |
| Popis: | Increasing speed and magnitude of global change threaten the world's biodiversity and particularly coral reef fishes. A better understanding of large-scale patterns and processes on coral reefs is essential to prevent fish biodiversity decline but it requires new monitoring approaches. Here, we use environmental DNA metabarcoding to reconstruct well-known patterns of fish biodiversity on coral reefs and uncover hidden patterns on these highly diverse and threatened ecosystems. We analysed 226 environmental DNA (eDNA) seawater samples from 100 stations in five tropical regions (Caribbean, Central and Southwest Pacific, Coral Triangle and Western Indian Ocean) and compared those to 2047 underwater visual censuses from the Reef Life Survey in 1224 stations. Environmental DNA reveals a higher (16%) fish biodiversity, with 2650 taxa, and 25% more families than underwater visual surveys. By identifying more pelagic, reef-associated and crypto-benthic species, eDNA offers a fresh view on assembly rules across spatial scales. Nevertheless, the reef life survey identified more species than eDNA in 47 shared families, which can be due to incomplete sequence assignment, possibly combined with incomplete detection in the environment, for some species. Combining eDNA metabarcoding and extensive visual census offers novel insights on the spatial organization of the richest marine ecosystems. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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