CO1 Metabarcoding of Marine Water Samples from the 2nd Turkish Antarctic Expedition (TAE2) Highlights the Deficiencies in the Reference Barcoding Databases for the Continent

• Published in: ARPHA Conference Abstracts
• Main Authors: Bilgin,Rasit, Karaman,Kübra, Tarhana,Yağmur, Yücel,Ceylan, Hemond,Elizabeth, Yokeş,Mehmet, Kalkan,Evrim, Karhan,Selahattin Ünsal
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2021
• Subjects: Antarctica; CO1; marine metabarcoding; barcode references; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bray; Deception Island; Graham Land; Nansen Island; Robert Island; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3897/aca.4.e64987; https://aca.pensoft.net/article/64987/

Based on climate projections, the Antarctic Peninsula is one of the regions on the earth expected to be most drastically affected by climate change in the 2nd half of the 21st century. In order to establish baseline levels of marine biodiversity using the environmental DNA approach, we undertook met...