Description
Here we pilot a novel, rapid and non-invasive environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding approach specifically targeted to infer shark presence, diversity and eDNA read abundance in tropical habitats. We identified at least 21 shark species, from both Caribbean and Pacific Coral Sea water samples, whose geographical patterns of diversity and read abundance coincide with geographical differences in levels of anthropogenic pressure and conservation effort. We demonstrate that eDNA metabarcoding can be effectively employed to study shark diversity.
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 509 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.
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Bakker J, Wangensteen O S, Chapman D D, Boussarie G, Buddo D, Guttridge T L, Hertler H, Mouillot D, Vigliola L, Mariani S, Earl C (2023). Environmental DNA reveals tropical shark diversity in contrasting levels of anthropogenic impact. Version 2.0. OBIS Secretariat. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.25607/tciqld
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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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Geographic Coverage
Lagoons of New Caledonia
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-23.127, 162.726], North East [-17.899, 167.747] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Fishes
| Superclass | Agnatha |
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| Unranked | Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes |
Sampling Methods
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Method step description:
- See Github Project and R Notebook for dataset construction methods
Bibliographic Citations
- Bakker, J., Wangensteen, O.S., Chapman, D.D. et al. Environmental DNA reveals tropical shark diversity in contrasting levels of anthropogenic impact. Sci Rep 7, 16886 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17150-2
Additional Metadata
marine, harvested by iOBIS
| Purpose | These data were made accessible through UNESCO's eDNA Expeditions project to mobilize available marine species and occurrence datasets from World Heritage Sites. |
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| Alternative Identifiers | 10.25607/tciqld |
| af6f962a-3dad-43df-a9e3-36ad528a4977 | |
| https://ipt.obis.org/secretariat/resource?r=new-caledonia-bakker-2017 |