A5033233409- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- International Maritime Law Issues
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
- Marine and fisheries research
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Marine animal studies overview
- Marine and coastal plant biology
McGill University
2024
University of Cape Town
2021
Abstract Marine scientific trawl surveys are commonly used to assess the distribution and population size of fisheries‐related species, yet method is effort‐intensive can be environmentally destructive. Sequencing environmental DNA (eDNA) from water samples reveal presence organisms in a community without capturing them; however, we expect detectability taxa differ between eDNA surveys, understanding how species traits variables contribute detection differences help calibrate our...
Sampling and sequencing marine environmental DNA (eDNA) provides a tool that can increase our ability to monitor biodiversity, but movement mixing of eDNA after release from organisms before collection could affect inference species distributions. To assess how conditions at differing spatial scales influence the inferred richness compositional turnover, we conducted paired metabarcoding capture (beach seining) survey fishes on coast British Columbia. We found more taxa were typically...
Understanding patterns in coral reproductive biology at local and regional scales is crucial to elucidate our knowledge of characteristics that regulate populations communities. The lack published data on spawning the Maldives hinders understanding limits ability assess shifts phenology over time. Here we document baseline environmental cues, patterns, exact timings oocyte development restored wild Acropora, inhabiting shallow water reefs, across two Maldivian atolls. A total 1,200 colonies...