Combining Traditional Taxonomy and Metabarcoding: Assemblage Structure of Nematodes in the Shelf Sediments of the Eastern Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Pantó, Gabriella, Pasotti, Francesca, Macheriotou, Lara, Vanreusel, Ann
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2021
• Subjects: Ocean Engineering; Water Science and Technology; Aquatic Science; Global and Planetary Change; Oceanography; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Duse; Duse Bay; Prince Gustav Channel; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.629706; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.629706/full

This study provides a snapshot of the largely understudied meiobenthic and nematode communities in the Prince Gustav Channel (PGC) and Duse Bay (DB). We compared five stations sampled at different water depths along the shelf and investigated their meiobenthic community structure. We approached nema...