Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has gained growing attention as a strategy for
monitoring biodiversity in ecology. However, taxa identifications produced through …

Reference databases with wide taxonomic coverage are greatly needed in many fields of
biology, most particularly for the taxonomic assignment of metabarcoding sequences …

Biodiversity loss is now recognised as one of the major challenges for humankind to
address over the next few decades. Unless major actions are taken, the sixth mass …

Marine and coastal ecosystems respond to climate change in various ways, such as the type
of ecosystem, the species composition, interactions, and distribution, and the effect of local …

Organismal communities associated with coral reefs, particularly invertebrates and
microbes, play crucial roles in ecosystem maintenance and coral health. Here, we …

Seahorses are small sedentary fish considered flagship species of the conservation efforts.
They are particularly vulnerable to human pressures because inhabiting threatened coastal …

The bioluminescent European brittle star Amphiura filiformis produces blue light at the arm-
spine level thanks to a biochemical reaction involving coelenterazine as substrate and a …

Insect decline has become a growing concern in recent years, with studies showing
alarming declines in populations of several taxa. Our knowledge about genetic spatial …

The taxonomic assignment of metabarcoding data strongly depends on the taxonomic
coverage of the reference database. Therefore, it is fundamental to access and pool data …

Seahorses are small sedentary fish considered flagship species of the conservation efforts.
They are particularly vulnerable to human pressures because inhabiting threatened coastal …