Detection of community-wide impacts of bottom trawl fishing on deep-sea assemblages using environmental DNA metabarcoding

• Published in: Marine pollution bulletin Vol. 183; p. 114062
• Main Authors: Good, Edward, Holman, Luke E., Pusceddu, Antonio, Russo, Tommaso, Rius, Marc, Iacono, Claudio Lo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.10.2022
• Subjects: anthropogenic activities; Bryozoa; DNA barcoding; environmental DNA; fauna; marine pollution; Mediterranean Sea; Sicily; species diversity; species identification; Sicily; Mediterranean Sea

Although considerable research progress on the effects of anthropogenic disturbance in the deep sea has been made in recent years, our understanding of these impacts at community level remains limited. Here, we studied deep-sea assemblages of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea) subject to different intensiti...