Abstract
Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) have been applied worldwide to characterize the critical yet frequently overlooked biodiversity patterns of marine benthic organisms. In order to disentangle the relevance of environmental factors in benthic patterns, here, through standardized metabarcoding protocols, we analyze sessile and mobile (
Original language | English (US) |
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Journal | Molecular ecology |
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State | Published - Oct 16 2020 |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-19Acknowledgements: This manuscript is a result of the DEVOTES (DEVelopment Of Innovative Tools for understanding marine biodiversity and assessing good Environmental Status) project, funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme, “The Ocean of Tomorrow” Theme (grant agreement no. 308392), www.devotes-project.eu. S Carvalho and JK Pearman were funded through the Saudi Aramco-KAUST Center for Marine Environmental Observations (SAKMEO). MC Uyarra was partially funded through the Spanish Programme for Talen and Employability in R + D + I “Torres Quevedo”. We would also like to thank the editor Prof. Creer and three anonymous reviewers for the time and effort they dedicated to reviewing the manuscript.