Spatio-temporal patterns of eukaryotic biodiversity in shallow hard-bottom communities from the West Antarctic Peninsula revealed by DNA metabarcoding

• Published in: Diversity and Distributions
• Main Authors: Preckler, Carlos Angulo, Turon, Marta, Præbel, Kim, Avila, Conxita, Wangensteen, Owen S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2023
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; South Shetland Islands; Deception Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/29815; https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13703

Aim: We studied molecular eukaryotic biodiversity patterns in shallow hard-bottom Antarctic benthic communities using community DNA metabarcoding. Polar ecosystems are extremely exposed to climate change, and benthic macroinvertebrate communities have demonstrated rapid response to a range of natura...