Revealing higher than expected meiofaunal diversity in Antarctic sediments: a metabarcoding approach

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Fonseca, V. G., Sinniger, F., Gaspar, J. M., Quince, C., Creer, S., Power, Deborah M., Peck, Lloyd S., Clark, Melody S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018
• Subjects: Feeding Ecology; Peninsula; Community; Biodiversity; Nematodes; Patterns; Shelf; Vulnerability; Variability; Meiobenthos; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Rothera; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Copepods
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/11607; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06687-x

An increasing number of studies are showing that Antarctic mega- and macrofauna are highly diverse, however, little is known about meiofaunal biodiversity in sediment communities, which are a vital part of a healthy and functional ecosystem. This is the first study to analyse community DNA (targetin...