Understanding the diversity and distribution of fish egg and larvae in the ocean provides invaluable information on ecosystem health, capacity to recover from disturbances and helps guide management and conservation efforts. This study shows that metabarcoding is a promising tool that allows for rapid and accurate species identification. OBIS was used to validate and confirm the distribution range, habitat and occurrence of the species detected by metabarcoding.
How species traits of cephalopods and malacostracans, extracted from the OBIS database contributed to evidence of cold-water species deepening in response to warming waters in the Mediterranean Sea.
How species traits of cephalopods and malacostracans, extracted from the OBIS database contributed to evidence of cold-water species deepening in response to warming waters in the Mediterranean Sea.
Understanding the diversity and distribution of fish egg and larvae in the ocean provides invaluable information on ecosystem health, capacity to recover from disturbances and helps guide management and conservation efforts. This study shows that metabarcoding is a promising tool that allows for rapid and accurate species identification. OBIS was used to validate and confirm the distribution range, habitat and occurrence of the species detected by metabarcoding.