A communal catalogue reveals Earth's multiscale microbial diversity
Our growing awareness of the microbial world's importance and diversity contrasts starkly
with our limited understanding of its fundamental structure. Despite recent advances in DNA …
with our limited understanding of its fundamental structure. Despite recent advances in DNA …
Global observational needs and resources for marine biodiversity
The diversity of life in the sea is critical to the health of ocean ecosystems that support living
resources and therefore essential to the economic, nutritional, recreational, and health …
resources and therefore essential to the economic, nutritional, recreational, and health …
Toward global integration of biodiversity big data: a harmonized metabarcode data generation module for terrestrial arthropods
Metazoan metabarcoding is emerging as an essential strategy for inventorying biodiversity,
with diverse projects currently generating massive quantities of community-level data. The …
with diverse projects currently generating massive quantities of community-level data. The …
Diversity and temporal patterns of planktonic protist assemblages at a Mediterranean Long Term Ecological Research site
We tracked temporal changes in protist diversity at the Long Term Ecological Research
(LTER) station MareChiara in the Gulf of Naples (Mediterranean Sea) on eight dates in 2011 …
(LTER) station MareChiara in the Gulf of Naples (Mediterranean Sea) on eight dates in 2011 …
Recurrent patterns of microdiversity in a temperate coastal marine environment
Temperate coastal marine environments are replete with complex biotic and abiotic
interactions that are amplified during spring and summer phytoplankton blooms. During …
interactions that are amplified during spring and summer phytoplankton blooms. During …
Evaluating a multigene environmental DNA approach for biodiversity assessment
Background There is an increasing demand for rapid biodiversity assessment tools that
have a broad taxonomic coverage. Here we evaluate a suite of environmental DNA (eDNA) …
have a broad taxonomic coverage. Here we evaluate a suite of environmental DNA (eDNA) …
The ocean sampling day consortium
Abstract Ocean Sampling Day was initiated by the EU-funded Micro B3 (Marine Microbial
Biodiversity, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology) project to obtain a snapshot of the marine …
Biodiversity, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology) project to obtain a snapshot of the marine …
Molluscan genomics: the road so far and the way forward
Mollusca is the second most species-rich phylum within the metazoans, displaying critical
economic, ecological and scientific importance. Yet, they are still largely underrepresented …
economic, ecological and scientific importance. Yet, they are still largely underrepresented …
The Genomic Observatories Metadatabase (GeOMe): A new repository for field and sampling event metadata associated with genetic samples
The Genomic Observatories Metadatabase (GeOMe, http://www. geome-db. org/) is an open
access repository for geographic and ecological metadata associated with biosamples and …
access repository for geographic and ecological metadata associated with biosamples and …
The importance of standardization for biodiversity comparisons: A case study using autonomous reef monitoring structures (ARMS) and metabarcoding to measure …
The advancement of metabarcoding techniques, declining costs of high-throughput
sequencing and development of systematic sampling devices, such as autonomous reef …
sequencing and development of systematic sampling devices, such as autonomous reef …