Search Results - "Pearman, John K"
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Pest Alert Tool—a web-based application for flagging species of concern in metabarcoding datasets
Published in Nucleic acids research (05-07-2023)“…Abstract Advances in high-throughput sequencing (HTS) technologies and their increasing affordability have fueled environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding data…”
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Assessment of Zooplankton Community Composition along a Depth Profile in the Central Red Sea
Published in PloS one (17-07-2015)“…The composition of zooplankton in the water column has received limited attention in the main body of the Red Sea and this study investigates the change in the…”
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Investigating the effects of anthropogenic stressors on lake biota using sedimentary DNA
Published in Freshwater biology (01-11-2023)“…Abstract Analyses of sedimentary DNA ( sed DNA) have increased exponentially over the last decade and hold great potential to study the effects of…”
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Responses of the coral reef cryptobiome to environmental gradients in the Red Sea
Published in PloS one (16-04-2024)“…An essential component of the coral reef animal diversity is the species hidden in crevices within the reef matrix, referred to as the cryptobiome. These…”
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Please mind the gap – Visual census and cryptic biodiversity assessment at central Red Sea coral reefs
Published in Marine environmental research (01-07-2016)“…Coral reefs harbor the most diverse assemblages in the ocean, however, a large proportion of the diversity is cryptic and, therefore, undetected by standard…”
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Investigating variability in microbial community composition in replicate environmental DNA samples down lake sediment cores
Published in PloS one (03-05-2021)“…Lake sediments are natural archives that accumulate information on biological communities and their surrounding catchments. Paleolimnology has traditionally…”
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Microbial planktonic communities in the Red Sea: high levels of spatial and temporal variability shaped by nutrient availability and turbulence
Published in Scientific reports (26-07-2017)“…The semi-enclosed nature of the Red Sea (20.2°N–38.5°N) makes it a natural laboratory to study the influence of environmental gradients on microbial…”
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A comparison of two gene regions for assessing community composition of eukaryotic marine microalgae from coastal ecosystems
Published in Scientific reports (18-03-2024)“…Two gene regions commonly used to characterise the diversity of eukaryotic communities using metabarcoding are the 18S ribosomal DNA V4 and V9 gene regions. We…”
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Exploring the larval fish community of the central Red Sea with an integrated morphological and molecular approach
Published in PloS one (03-08-2017)“…An important aspect of population dynamics for coral reef fishes is the input of new individuals from the pelagic larval pool. However, the high biodiversity…”
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Bacterial and protist community changes during a phytoplankton bloom
Published in Limnology and oceanography (01-01-2016)“…The present study aims to characterize the change in the composition and structure of the bacterial and microzooplankton planktonic communities in relation to…”
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Using metabarcoding and droplet digital PCR to investigate drivers of historical shifts in cyanobacteria from six contrasting lakes
Published in Scientific reports (27-07-2022)“…The frequency and intensity of cyanobacterial blooms is increasing worldwide. Multiple factors are implicated, most of which are anthropogenic. New Zealand…”
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Metabarcoding Reveals Lacustrine Picocyanobacteria Respond to Environmental Change Through Adaptive Community Structuring
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (12-11-2021)“…Picocyanobacteria (Pcy) are important yet understudied components of lake foodwebs. While phylogenetic studies of isolated strains reveal a high diversity of…”
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Biodiversity patterns of the coral reef cryptobiota around the Arabian Peninsula
Published in Scientific reports (25-04-2024)“…The Arabian Peninsula accounts for approximately 6% of the world’s coral reefs. Some thrive in extreme environments of temperature and salinity. Using 51…”
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Seasonal and Spatial Variations in Bacterial Communities From Tetrodotoxin-Bearing and Non-tetrodotoxin-Bearing Clams
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (05-08-2020)“…Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is one of the most potent naturally occurring compounds and is responsible for many human intoxications worldwide. Paphies australis are…”
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Comparing sediment DNA extraction methods for assessing organic enrichment associated with marine aquaculture
Published in PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) (27-10-2020)“…Marine sediments contain a high diversity of micro- and macro-organisms which are important in the functioning of biogeochemical cycles. Traditionally,…”
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The Role of Environmental Processes and Geographic Distance in Regulating Local and Regionally Abundant and Rare Bacterioplankton in Lakes
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (16-02-2022)“…Bacteria are vital components of lake systems, driving a variety of biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem services. Bacterial communities have been shown to have…”
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Picocyanobacteria Community and Cyanophage Infection Responses to Nutrient Enrichment in a Mesocosms Experiment in Oligotrophic Waters
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (03-06-2020)“…Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus are pico-sized cyanobacteria that play a fundamental role in oceanic primary production, being particularly important in…”
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Disentangling eukaryotic biodiversity patterns from man‐made environments (port and marina) and nearby coral reefs in the Red Sea: A focus on the surveillance of non‐indigenous species
Published in Environmental DNA (Hoboken, N.J.) (01-07-2024)“…Man‐made environments such as ports and marinas are gateways for many marine non‐indigenous species (mNIS) transported via shipping worldwide. These habitats…”
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A comparative analysis of metabarcoding and morphology‐based identification of benthic communities across different regional seas
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-09-2018)“…In a world of declining biodiversity, monitoring is becoming crucial. Molecular methods, such as metabarcoding, have the potential to rapidly expand our…”
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Metabarcoding Reveals Seasonal and Temperature-Dependent Succession of Zooplankton Communities in the Red Sea
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (02-08-2017)“…Very little is known about the composition and the annual cycle of zooplankton assemblages in the Red Sea, a confined water body characterized by a high…”
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