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A Kind of Magic – the Diversity of the North Sea Fauna Revealed by Genetic Traces in Seawater
Do we have sufficient reference data and the appropriate methods and techniques to identify the biodiversity of marine fauna in the dynamic waters of the North Sea using genetic traces from seawater? The aim of a study by the HIFMB Focus Group Marine Molecular Ecology was to evaluate these uncertainties and to bring the method of environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding into application for monitoring and questions on marine conservation in the North Sea.
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Reef-building corals enhance the light available for their algal symbionts by 3 to 8 times relative to ambient light conditions.
Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
The IPBES 2019 Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is the new global synthesis of the state of nature, ecosystems and nature’s contributions to people since the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment published in 2005, and the first that is inter-governmental.