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Conference Abstract
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Corresponding author: Rachel Haderlé (rachel.haderle@gmail.com), Visotheary Ung (visotheary.ung@mnhn.fr)
Received: 21 Aug 2023 | Published: 22 Aug 2023
© 2023 Rachel Haderlé, Alice Valentini, Visotheary Ung, Jean-Luc Jung
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Citation:
Haderlé R, Valentini A, Ung V, Jung J-L (2023) Improving Marine Megafauna Knowledge with eDNA: A French Story. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 7: e111435. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.7.111435
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In the current context of large-scale biodiversity loss (
Approaches based on eDNA facilitate the study of remote ecosystems and the detection of rare, cryptic or invasive species in a non-invasive way (
Here, we present a case study carried out in the northeast and northwest Atlantic, within the boundaries of marine protected areas. The Iroise Natural Marine Park*
Environmental DNA and metabarcoding offer new possibilities for the inventories of marine megafauna and support adequate conservation decision-making processes. It is a major step towards better monitoring of marine mammal populations of the Atlantic Ocean. Moreover, our datasets will be freely available through open platforms following the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles.
environmental DNA, biodiversity, marine fauna, marine mammals, databases, marine protected area, FAIR data
Rachel Haderlé
TDWG 2023
We would like to thank our founders, NGO OMMAG, Aquasearch https://www.aquasearch.fr/, Manon Riou and Justine Girardet for their involvement in the taxonomic identification as well as SPYGEN staff for their help with the eDNA laboratory analyses.
CetDNAe
Anbad'Io campaign
Station Marine de Dinard
ISYEB UMR 7205 Centre National Recherche Scientifique, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, SU, UA, EPHE-PSL
Rachel HADERLE: led the study, ran analyses and interpreted the results
Alice VALENTINI: performed and supervised the analyses of eDNA at SPYGEN
Jean-Luc JUNG: had the original idea, led the study and supervised the project
Visotheary UNG: advisor for data standards
https://parc-marin-martinique.fr/