Second-generation environmental sequencing unmasks marine metazoan biodiversity.
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SUBMITTER: Fonseca VG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2963828 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct
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Second-generation environmental sequencing unmasks marine metazoan biodiversity.
Fonseca Vera G VG Fonseca Vera G VG Carvalho Gary R GR Sung Way W Johnson Harriet F HF Power Deborah M DM Neill Simon P SP Packer Margaret M Blaxter Mark L ML Lambshead P John D PJ Thomas W Kelley WK Creer Simon S
Nature communications 20101019
Biodiversity is of crucial importance for ecosystem functioning, sustainability and resilience, but the magnitude and organization of marine diversity at a range of spatial and taxonomic scales are undefined. In this paper, we use second-generation sequencing to unmask putatively diverse marine metazoan biodiversity in a Scottish temperate benthic ecosystem. We show that remarkable differences in diversity occurred at microgeographical scales and refute currently accepted ecological and taxonomi ...[more]
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