Peer-reviewed articlePublished in Switzerland · AcademicOpen access

Biodiversity of Nematodes from Coral Reef Sediments in the South China Sea Based on eDNA Metabarcoding

Lei An, Aiyang Wang, Zheng Zhang, Xiaoliang Ren, Zhongli Sha · Diversity, 2024

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Authors: Lei An (Department of Marine Organism Taxonomy & Phylogeny, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Center, Qingdao 266237, China); Aiyang Wang (Department of Marine Organism Taxonomy & Phylogeny, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Center, Qingdao 266237, China); Zheng Zhang (Department of Marine Organism Taxonomy & Phylogeny, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Center, Qingdao 266237, China); Xiaoliang Ren (Department of Marine Organism Taxonomy & Phylogeny, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Center, Qingdao 266237, China); Zhongli Sha (Department of Marine Organism Taxonomy & Phylogeny, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Center, Qingdao 266237, China)
Published: 25 Jun 2024
Venue: Diversity
Publisher: MDPI AG
Source type: Peer-reviewed article
Place of publication: Switzerland · Academic
Original language: English
Access: Open access
DOI: 10.3390/d16070362
Topics: Marine environment & ecology
Regions: South China Sea (whole); Paracel Islands; Spratly Islands
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The study uses eDNA to compare reef-sediment nematodes across northern and southern sites. The authors report greater northern abundance and diversity but no significant overall community-structure difference.

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