Browsing Mastergradsoppgaver i biologi by Author "Atienza Casas, Sara"
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DNA metabarcoding of deep-sea sediment communities using COI: community assessment, spatio-temporal patterns and comparison with the 18S rDNA marker
Atienza Casas, Sara (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-06-15)The deep sea is the largest biome on Earth, albeit it is the least studied. Among the complex ecosystems and habitats that form the deep sea, submarine canyons and open slope systems are regarded to be potential hot-spots of biodiversity. The Mediterranean Sea hosts the 8.86% of the inventoried submarine canyons in the global ocean, like the Blanes Canyon, located in its Northwestern section. We ...