DNA metabarcoding reveals the dietary profiles of a benthic marine crustacean, Nephrops norvegicus.

ABSTRACT: Norwegian lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, are a generalist scavenger and predator capable of short foraging excursions but can also suspension feed. Existing knowledge about their diet relies on a combination of methods including morphology-based stomach content analysis and stable isotopes, which often lack the resolution to distinguish prey items to species level particularly in species that thoroughly masticate their prey. DNA metabarcoding overcomes many of the challenges associated with traditional methods and it is an attractive approach to study the dietary profiles of animals. Here, we present the diet of the commercially valuable Nephrops norvegicus using DNA metabarcoding of gut contents. Despite difficulties associated with host amplification, our cytochrome oxidase I (COI) molecu

SUBMITTER: Shum P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10619785 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature