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AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE
Volume 43, Issue 1, Pages 141-145Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2021.1886988
Keywords
biomonitoring; DNA barcoding; estuarine biodiversity; invertebrates; Knysna Lagoon; mtDNA-COI; seagrass meadows
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- South Africa's National Research Foundation (NRF) through the Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme (FBIP) [115947]
- Department of Science and Innovation (DSI)
- NRF
- South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)
- NRF [105842]
- Stellenbosch University
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This study presents new molecular barcoding data for previously unaccounted invertebrate species in South African estuarine seagrass meadows, contributing to the enhancement of the mtDNA-COI reference database for regional conservation efforts.
Seagrass ecosystems face many anthropogenic pressures, yet globally there is a lack of knowledge of their associated biodiversity. Molecular barcoding can aid in biomonitoring efforts, but few South African invertebrates are accounted for. We provide 48 new sequences for 15 invertebrate species across a range of taxonomic groups sampled from Zostera capensis meadows, eight of which were not previously barcoded. Our work presents an important effort to strengthen the mitochondrial DNA cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (mtDNA-COI) reference database for estuarine macrofauna in South Africa, supporting regional and global conservation efforts.
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