Occurrence

UNESCO eDNA expedition in The Wadden Sea (Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands): April 2023

Latest version published by OBIS Secretariat on 08 December 2024 OBIS Secretariat
Publication date:
08 December 2024
Published by:
OBIS Secretariat
License:
CC0 1.0

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Description

This dataset contains the eDNA data collected as a part of the UNESCO eDNA expeditions in Marine World Heritage Sites project in 2022-2024. The project was coordinated in collaboration with the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) of IOC-UNESCO and the marine programme of the UNESCO World Heritage Center, and funded by the government of Flanders (Kingdom of Belgium). The samples were collected with citizen science eDNA sampling kits, containing a syringe and a filter, and preserved with Longmire's buffer, before sequencing at a central laboratory. Five different biomarkers were analysed, including 12SMifish, Mimammal, Teleo, 16S-Vert and COI markers. The sequences were analysed with the PacMAN pipeline and quality controlled including a validation check by local scientists and site managers as well as compared to existing knowledge on species distributions in OBIS and GBIF. The full sampling protocols and materials are available on the project website (https://www.unesco.org/en/edna-training-materials?hub=66910), and the bioinformatics pipeline is on github (https://github.com/iobis/PacMAN-pipeline). The data can also be explored on the eDNA expeditions dashboard (https://dashboard.ednaexpeditions.org/).

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 79,335 records.

1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Occurrence (core)
79335
dnaDerivedData 
79335

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Scheiffarth G, Hansen J, Meyer J, Salomonsen X, van der Heij W, van Bussel T, Busch J, Meise K, Nazzari C, Suominen S, Provoost P, Gillard E, Douvere F, Appeltans W (2024). UNESCO eDNA expedition in The Wadden Sea (Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands): April 2023. Version 2.0. OBIS Secretariat. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.25607/sqypig

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is OBIS Secretariat. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

GBIF Registration

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Keywords

Occurrence

Contacts

Gregor Scheiffarth
  • Originator
NLPV, Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park Authority
Janne Hansen
  • Originator
BUKEA Hamburg, Germany
Julia Meyer
  • Originator
BUKEA Hamburg, Germany
Xenia Salomonsen
  • Originator
Danish National Park Wadden Sea, Nationalpark Vadehavet, Denmark
Wouter van der Heij
  • Originator
Waddenvereniging, Netherlands
Tessa van Bussel
  • Originator
Waddenvereniging, Netherlands
Julia Busch
  • Originator
Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Germany
Kristine Meise
  • Originator
Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Germany
Cristina Nazzari
  • Originator
Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Germany
Saara Suominen
  • Originator
UNESCO-IOC
Pieter Provoost
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • User
  • Point Of Contact
UNESCO-IOC
Elle Gillard
  • Originator
UNESCO-WHC
Fanny Douvere
  • Originator
UNESCO-WHC
Ward Appeltans
  • Originator
UNESCO-IOC

Geographic Coverage

global

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 10.25607/sqypig
https://ipt.obis.org/secretariat/resource?r=edna-wadden-sea