A long-term ecological research data set from the marine genetic monitoring programme ARMS-MBON 2020-2021

2025 · doi:10.3897/arphapreprints.e149221
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Continuing the international efforts of the ARMS Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (ARMS-MBON), we present data from the second sampling campaign, coming from 56 Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) deployed in 2020 and 2021 along European coasts under the European Marine Omics Biodiversity Observation Network (EMO BON). The data set includes information on sampling locations and conditions, sample archiving, and quality reports of collected samples. Data and metadata are openly accessible and can be downloaded from the associated GitHub repository. Sequence data can be accessed via the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) through the corresponding accession numbers. Images of ARMS plates are stored in PlutoF and can be downloaded through links provided in this paper. Sequence data was processed and explored with the PEMA pipeline, resulting in 17,194, 7,235 and 5,261 unique ASVs/OTUs for COI, 18S and ITS, respectively. In this data set, ARMS revealed the presence of over 61 eukaryotic phyla, aligning with our previous sampling campaign. Among these phyla, 35 had ASVs/OTUs identified to the species level. With this data set and its associated paper, we provide a standardised resource for marine biodiversity monitoring and scientific analyses of benthic biodiversity. The presented data product supports future studies on the status and changes in species composition, distribution, and genetic diversity.
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Preprint ARPHA Preprints https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e149221 (11 Feb 2025) https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e149221 (11 Feb 2025) Published in: Biodiversity Data Journal https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e148981 Other versions: - Preprint InfoPreprint Info - CiteCite - MetricsMetrics - CommentComment - RelatedRelated - CitedCited ARPHA Preprints doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e149221 First posted 11 Feb 2025 Authors Justine Pagnier - Corresponding author University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden University of Galway, Galway, Ireland University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain Plentzia Marine Station (PiE-UPV/EHU), Plentzia, Spain Department of Environment, Faculty of Environment, Ionian University, Zakynthos, Greece Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Heraklion, Greece Department of Environment, Faculty of Environment, Ionian University, Zakynthos, Greece Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Heraklion, Greece Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Science, University of Bologna, Ravenna, Italy Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Heraklion, Greece Department of Environment, Faculty of Environment, Ionian University, Zakynthos, Greece Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Oostende, Belgium University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain Plentzia Marine Station (PiE-UPV/EHU), Plentzia, Spain Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Heraklion, Greece Department of Environment, Faculty of Environment, Ionian University, Zakynthos, Greece Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Oostende, Belgium Department of Environment, Faculty of Environment, Ionian University, Zakynthos, Greece Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Heraklion, Greece Centro de Investigación Mariña, Universidade de Vigo, Vigo, Spain Tvärminne Zoological Station, University of Helsinki, Hanko, Finland Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Heraklion, Greece Department of Environment, Faculty of Environment, Ionian University, Zakynthos, Greece Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Heraklion, Greece Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Oostende, Belgium National Institute of Biology, Marine Biology Station Piran, Piran, Slovenia Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Oostende, Belgium Centro de Investigación Mariña, Universidade de Vigo, Vigo, Spain European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC), Paris, France Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Science, University of Bologna, Ravenna, Italy University of Galway, Galway, Ireland National Institute of Biology, Marine Biology Station Piran, Piran, Slovenia European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC), Paris, France Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Heraklion, Greece Tvärminne Zoological Station, University of Helsinki, Hanko, Finland Department of Environment, Faculty of Environment, Ionian University, Zakynthos, Greece Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Heraklion, Greece Department of Ecoscience, Marine Diversity and Experimental Ecology, Aarhus university, Aarhus, Denmark Plentzia Marine Station (PiE-UPV/EHU), Plentzia, Spain University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain Centro de Investigación Mariña, Universidade de Vigo, Vigo, Spain Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Heraklion, Greece Department of Environment, Faculty of Environment, Ionian University, Zakynthos, Greece Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Heraklion, Greece Department of Environment, Faculty of Environment, Ionian University, Zakynthos, Greece Matthias Obst - Corresponding author University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden Conflict of interest The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This is an open access preprint distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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