Environmental DNA metabarcoding for biodiversity monitoring of a highly diverse tropical fish community in a coral reef lagoon: Estimation of species richness and detection of habitat segregation

• Published in: Environmental DNA (Hoboken, N.J.) Vol. 3; no. 1; pp. 55 - 69
• Main Authors: Oka, Shin‐ichiro, Doi, Hideyuki, Miyamoto, Kei, Hanahara, Nozomi, Sado, Tetsuya, Miya, Masaki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.01.2021; Wiley
• Subjects: Aquatic ecosystems; Biodiversity; biodiversity monitoring; Chemical analysis; Coral reefs; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; Fish; Harbors; Lagoons; Literature reviews; marine fish; MiFish primer; Monitoring; Multidimensional scaling; Polls & surveys; reef edge; seagrass bed; Seawater; Species diversity; Species richness; Tropical fish; Water analysis; western North Pacific; Japan; Okinawa

An environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding approach has been widely used for biodiversity monitoring of fishes, although it has rarely been applied to tropical and subtropical aquatic ecosystems, where species diversity is remarkably high. This study examined the extent to which species richness can...