Resumen
Increasing speed and magnitude of global change threaten the world's biodiversity and particularly coral reef fishes. A better understanding of large-scale patterns and processes on coral reefs is essential to prevent fish biodiversity decline but it requires new monitoring approaches. Here, we use environmental DNA metabarcoding to reconstruct well-known patterns of fish biodiversity on coral reefs and uncover hidden patterns on these highly diverse and threatened ecosystems. We analysed 226 environmental DNA (eDNA) seawater samples from 100 stations in five tropical regions (Caribbean, Central and Southwest Pacific, Coral Triangle and Western Indian Ocean) and compared those to 2047 underwater visual censuses from the Reef Life Survey in 1224 stations. Environmental DNA reveals a higher (16%) fish biodiversity, with 2650 taxa, and 25% more families than underwater visual surveys. By identifying more pelagic, reef-associated and crypto-benthic species, eDNA offers a fresh view on assembly rules across spatial scales. Nevertheless, the reef life survey identified more species than eDNA in 47 shared families, which can be due to incomplete sequence assignment, possibly combined with incomplete detection in the environment, for some species. Combining eDNA metabarcoding and extensive visual census offers novel insights on the spatial organization of the richest marine ecosystems.
Idioma original | English |
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Número de artículo | 20220162 |
Publicación | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |
Volumen | 289 |
N.º | 1973 |
DOI | |
Estado | Published - 2022 |
Nota bibliográfica
Funding Information:The sampling in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Polynesia and the sequencing were funded by Monaco Explorations. Fieldwork in Indonesia and laboratory activities were supported by the Lengguru 2017 Project ( www.lengguru.org ), conducted by the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) with the Research Center for Oceanography (RCO), the Politeknik Kelautan dan Perikanan Sorong), the University of Papua (UNIPA) with the help of the Institut Français in Indonesia (IFI), funding from Monaco Explorations, and corporate sponsorship from the Total Foundation and TIPCO company. Fieldwork and laboratory activities in New-Caledonia were supported by the projects ANR SEAMOUNTS and CIFRE REEF 3.0 conducted by the French National Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) and GINGER-BURGEAP-SOPRONER company with funding from Monaco Explorations. Fieldwork and laboratory activities in Colombia were supported by Monaco Explorations, ETH Global grant and the project Reefish, conducted in collaboration with the Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras – INVEMAR. Monaco Explorations supported also sampling and sequencing in the Caribbean. Fieldwork in the French Scattered islands was supported by the Terres Australes et Antartiques Françaises (TAAF). Acknowledgements
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ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- General Immunology and Microbiology
- General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
- General Environmental Science
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Journal Article
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't