eDNA metabarcoding shows highly diverse but distinct shallow, mid-water, and deep-water eukaryotic communities within a marine biodiversity hotspot
Patricia Cerrillo-Espinosa, Luis E. Calderón‐Aguilera, Pedro Medina‐Rosas, Jaime Gómez‐Gutiérrez, Héctor Reyes‐Bonilla, Amilcar Leví Cupul‐Magaña, Ollin T. Gonzalez-Cuellar, Adrián Munguía‐Vega
The paper uses eDNA metabarcoding to show that deep-water eukaryotic communities in the Gulf of California are as diverse as shallow ones but distinct, supporting the need for deeper habitat conservation.
PeerJ · Apr 22, 2025Peer-reviewedGenomics