Preliminary analysis of New Zealand scampi (Metanephrops challengeri) diet using metabarcoding.

ABSTRACT: Deep sea lobsters are highly valued for seafood and provide the basis of important commercial fisheries in many parts of the world. Despite their economic significance, relatively little is known about their natural diets. Microscopic analyses of foregut content in some species have suffered from low taxonomic resolution, with many of the dietary items difficult to reliably identify as their tissue is easily digested. DNA metabarcoding has the potential to provide greater taxonomic resolution of the diet of the New Zealand scampi (Metanephrops challengeri) through the identification of gut contents, but a number of methodological concerns need to be overcome first to ensure optimum DNA metabarcoding results. In this study, a range of methodological parameters were tested to determin

SUBMITTER: van der Reis AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6151254 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature