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View article: Diet of European hake (Merluccius merluccius) preflexion larvae in the Atlantic through DNA metabarcoding: eating fish from the very beginning
Diet of European hake (Merluccius merluccius) preflexion larvae in the Atlantic through DNA metabarcoding: eating fish from the very beginning Open
The diet of preflexion European hake larvae ( Merluccius merluccius ) in the North-Eastern Atlantic was assessed through miniCOI metabarcoding in its fishery’s Northern and Southern stocks. As previously reported for the larvae of other ha…
View article: Taxonomic uncertainty in North Atlantic and Mediterranean zooplankton limits species-level monitoring accuracy
Taxonomic uncertainty in North Atlantic and Mediterranean zooplankton limits species-level monitoring accuracy Open
Taxonomic discussions often permeate the broader scientific community slowly, yet they may hold more relevance than typically assumed. In many zooplankton groups, identification issues arise from cryptic species complexes, increasingly rev…
View article: BioTIME 2.0: Expanding and Improving a Database of Biodiversity Time Series
BioTIME 2.0: Expanding and Improving a Database of Biodiversity Time Series Open
Motivation Here, we make available a second version of the BioTIME database, which compiles records of abundance estimates for species in sample events of ecological assemblages through time. The updated version expands version 1.0 of the …
View article: Know your limits; miniCOI metabarcoding fails with key marine zooplankton taxa
Know your limits; miniCOI metabarcoding fails with key marine zooplankton taxa Open
Eleven years after the publication of the first work applying deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) metabarcoding to zooplankton communities, the commonly known “miniCOI” barcode is widely used, becoming the marker of choice. However, several primer…
View article: Multi-level finance impacts on participation, inclusion, and equity: Bricolage and Fuzziness in NextGenerationEU-funded renaturing projects
Multi-level finance impacts on participation, inclusion, and equity: Bricolage and Fuzziness in NextGenerationEU-funded renaturing projects Open
We analyze a multi-level ad-hoc emergency fund (MAEF) – the European NextGenerationEU program – as an opportunity to advance ambitious municipal climate action. Presently, MAEF follow a vertical complex governance structure, including stri…
View article: Ecological status of Urdaibai Biosphere reserve based on bacterial communities in a small-drainage estuary
Ecological status of Urdaibai Biosphere reserve based on bacterial communities in a small-drainage estuary Open
Context The influence of anthropogenic pressures on plankton communities in well-flushed estuaries has been overlooked. Owing to this ecosystem’s short water-residence time, they are foreseen to be mainly composed of microorganisms from ne…
View article: Monitorización de las comunidades de anfibios mediante metabarcoding de ADN ambiental
Monitorización de las comunidades de anfibios mediante metabarcoding de ADN ambiental Open
Las metodologías de ADN ambiental o eDNA permiten la detección del ADN presente en el ambiente y posibilitan la identificación y clasificación de las especies presentes en el medio sin necesidad de avistarlas ni capturarlas. De esta forma,…
View article: “We are the Green Capital”: Navigating the political and sustainability fix narratives of urban greening
“We are the Green Capital”: Navigating the political and sustainability fix narratives of urban greening Open
With increasing attention on green(ing) cities, urban nature is used to increase liveability, to create new sectors such as tourism, and to boost international investment. What counts as desirable green intervention generally follows inter…
View article: Spatial dynamics and mixing of bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea revealed using next‐generation sequencing
Spatial dynamics and mixing of bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea revealed using next‐generation sequencing Open
The Atlantic bluefin tuna is a highly migratory species emblematic of the challenges associated with shared fisheries management. In an effort to resolve the species’ stock dynamics, a genomewide search for spatially informative single nuc…
View article: Unraveling the environmental and anthropogenic drivers of bacterial community changes in the Estuary of Bilbao and its tributaries
Unraveling the environmental and anthropogenic drivers of bacterial community changes in the Estuary of Bilbao and its tributaries Open
In this study, 16S rRNA gene sequencing was used to characterize the changes in taxonomic composition and environmental factors significantly influencing bacterial community structure across an annual cycle in the Estuary of Bilbao as well…
View article: Insights on the origin of invasive copepods colonizing Basque estuaries; a DNA barcoding approach
Insights on the origin of invasive copepods colonizing Basque estuaries; a DNA barcoding approach Open
Background: The introduction of NIS to estuaries and coastal embayment is of great concern. Commercial ships’
\nballast water discharge and the northwards progression of species due to the ongoing climate change arise as the
\nmain factors…
View article: Metabarcoding of marine zooplankton: prospects, progress and pitfalls
Metabarcoding of marine zooplankton: prospects, progress and pitfalls Open
Metabarcoding (large-scale taxonomic identification of complex samples via analysis of one or few orthologous DNA regions, called barcodes) is revolutionizing analysis of biodiversity of marine zooplankton assemblages. Metabarcoding relies…
View article: 18S rRNA V9 metabarcoding for diet characterization: a critical evaluation with two sympatric zooplanktivorous fish species
18S rRNA V9 metabarcoding for diet characterization: a critical evaluation with two sympatric zooplanktivorous fish species Open
The potential of the 18S rRNA V9 metabarcoding approach for diet assessment was explored using MiSeq paired‐end (PE; 2 × 150 bp) technology. To critically evaluate the method′s performance with degraded/digested DNA, the diets of two zoopl…