دورية أكاديمية
Integrating citizen science and environmental DNA metabarcoding to study biodiversity of groundwater amphipods in Switzerland
| العنوان: | Integrating citizen science and environmental DNA metabarcoding to study biodiversity of groundwater amphipods in Switzerland |
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| المؤلفون: | Marjorie Couton, Angela Studer, Samuel Hürlemann, Nadine Locher, Mara Knüsel, Roman Alther, Florian Altermatt |
| المصدر: | Scientific Reports, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2023) |
| بيانات النشر: | Nature Portfolio, 2023. |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Science |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Medicine, Science |
| الوصف: | Abstract Groundwater is the physically largest freshwater ecosystem, yet one of the least explored habitats on earth, both because of accessing difficulties and the scarcity of the organisms inhabiting it. Here, we demonstrate how a two-fold approach provides complementary information on the occurrence and diversity of groundwater amphipods. Firstly, we used a citizen science approach in collaboration with municipal water providers who sampled groundwater organisms in their spring catchment boxes over multiple weeks, followed by DNA barcoding. Secondly, we collected four 10 L water samples at each site, in one sampling event, for environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding. We found that citizen science was very effective in describing the distribution and abundance of groundwater amphipods. Although the single time-point of eDNA sampling did not detect as many amphipods, it allowed the assessment of the entire groundwater community, including microorganisms. By combining both methods, we found different amphipod species co-occurring with distinct sequences from the eDNA-metabarcoding dataset, representing mainly micro-eukaryotic species. We also found a distinct correlation between the diversity of amphipods and the overall biodiversity of groundwater organisms detected by eDNA at each site. We thus suggest that these approaches can be used to get a better understanding of subterranean biodiversity. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2045-2322 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-023-44908-8 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/b6b682207adf4647a0cd0b41b741cb14 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.b6b682207adf4647a0cd0b41b741cb14 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 20452322 |
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| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-023-44908-8 |