• Marine biomonitoring with eDNA: Can metabarcoding of water samples cut it as a tool for surveying benthic communities? 

      Antich, Adrià; Palacín, Creu; Cebrian, Emma; Golo, Raül; Wangensteen Fuentes, Owen Simon; Turon, Xavier (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-24)
      In the marine realm, biomonitoring using environmental DNA (eDNA) of benthic communities requires destructive direct sampling or the setting‐up of settlement structures. Comparatively much less effort is required to sample the water column, which can be accessed remotely. In this study we assess the feasibility of obtaining information from the eukaryotic benthic communities by sampling the adjacent ...
    • Under the canopy: Community-wide effects of invasive algae in Marine Protected Areas revealed by metabarcoding 

      Wangensteen Fuentes, Owen Simon; Cebrian, Emma; Palacín, Creu; Turon, Xavier (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-12-21)
      We analysed with multigene (18S and COI) metabarcoding the effects of the proliferation of invasive seaweeds on rocky littoral communities in two Spanish Marine Protected Areas. The invasive algae studied were <i>Caulerpa cylindracea</i>, <i>Lophocladia lallemandii</i> and <i>Asparagopsis armata</i>. They are canopy-forming, landscape-dominant seaweeds, and we were interested in their effects on the ...