• Fine-scale differences in eukaryotic communities inside and outside salmon aquaculture cages revealed by eDNA metabarcoding 

      Turon, Marta; Nygaard, Markus; Guri, Gledis; Wangensteen, Owen S.; Præbel, Kim (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-26)
      Aquaculture impacts on marine benthic ecosystems are widely recognized and monitored. However, little is known about the community changes occurring in the water masses surrounding aquaculture sites. In the present study, we studied the eukaryotic communities inside and outside salmonid aquaculture cages through time to assess the community changes in the neighbouring waters of the farm. Water ...
    • More Than Expected From Old Sponge Samples: A Natural Sampler DNA Metabarcoding Assessment of Marine Fish Diversity in Nha Trang Bay (Vietnam) 

      Turon, Marta; Angulo-Preckler, Carlos; Antich, Adrià; Præbel, Kim; Wangensteen, Owen S. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-09)
      Sponges have recently been proposed as ideal candidates to act as natural samplers for environmental DNA due to their efficiency in filtering water. However, validation of the usefulness of DNA recovered from sponges to reveal vertebrate biodiversity patterns in Marine Protected Areas is still needed. Additionally, nothing is known about how different sponge species and morphologies influence the ...
    • Spatio-temporal patterns of eukaryotic biodiversity in shallow hard-bottom communities from the West Antarctic Peninsula revealed by DNA metabarcoding 

      Preckler, Carlos Angulo; Turon, Marta; Præbel, Kim; Avila, Conxita; Wangensteen, Owen S. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-05)
      Aim: We studied molecular eukaryotic biodiversity patterns in shallow hard-bottom Antarctic benthic communities using community DNA metabarcoding. Polar ecosystems are extremely exposed to climate change, and benthic macroinvertebrate communities have demonstrated rapid response to a range of natural and anthropogenic pressures. However, these rich and diverse ecosystems are poorly studied, ...