A major objective of the JTMD project was to characterize the biodiversity of the arriving and landed JTMD fauna and flora. One constituent of the landed biota were mussels in the genus Mytilus, known to be member of a species complex (including species native to western North America). We therefore undertook genetic analysis of Mytilus contained on JTMD for purposes of species identification. To augment morphological assessment of diversity of JTMD fouling organisms, we performed metabarcoding, in which bulk samples were extracted for DNA and DNA barcoding markers sequenced in parallel.
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Geller, J. (2015) Population analysis and metagenomics of Japanese tsunami marine debris mussels along the Hawaii, Washington and Oregon coasts in 2012 (JTMD-BF project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 2015-02-27) Version Date 2015-02-27 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/552349 [access date]
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