Project:

Coral Reef Biodiversity at a Central Pacific National Wildlife Refuge:Comparing Single Species Barcoding & Metabarcoding

Students:

Jessica Freedman, Zhazha Mahootian

Institution:

New York University, Manhattan

Mentors:

Eugenia Naro-Maciel

Abstract:

Coral reefs are among the most endangered and biologically diverse ecosystems in the world. In this project we will examine eDNA from coral reef water and sediment, as well as COI barcodes from selected invertebrate tissue samples, that were collected from Palmyra Atoll, Central Pacific.

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