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ArticleInsects2020

A DNA Barcoding Survey of an Arctic Arthropod Community: Implications for Future Monitoring.

Mikko Pentinsaari, Gergin A Blagoev, Ian D Hogg, Valerie Levesque-Beaudin, Kate Perez, Crystal N Sobel, Bryan Vandenbrink, Alex Borisenko

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Article in Insects, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Mikko PentinsaariCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7241-3873
Gergin A BlagoevCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
Ian D HoggCanadian High Arctic Research Station, Polar Knowledge Canada, 1 Uvajuq Road, Cambridge Bay, NU X0B 0C0, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6685-0089
Valerie Levesque-BeaudinCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6053-0949
Kate PerezCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5233-1539
Crystal N SobelCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1860-3523
Bryan VandenbrinkCanadian High Arctic Research Station, Polar Knowledge Canada, 1 Uvajuq Road, Cambridge Bay, NU X0B 0C0, Canada.
Alex BorisenkoCentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3061-3057

Funding

Polar Knowledge Canada NST-1819-0039
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accurate and cost-effective methods for tracking changes in arthropod communities are needed to develop integrative environmental monitoring programs in the Arctic. To date, even baseline data on their species composition at established ecological monitoring sites are severely lacking. We present the results of a pilot assessment of non-marine arthropod diversity in a middle arctic tundra area near Ikaluktutiak (Cambridge Bay), Victoria Island, Nunavut, undertaken in 2018 using DNA barcodes. A total of 1264 Barcode Index Number (BIN) clusters, used as a proxy for species, were recorded. The efficacy of widely used sampling methods was assessed. Yellow pan traps captured 62% of the entire BIN diversity at the study sites. When complemented with soil and leaf litter sifting, the coverage rose up to 74.6%. Combining community-based data collection with high-throughput DNA barcoding has the potential to overcome many of the logistic, financial, and taxonomic obstacles for large-scale monitoring of the Arctic arthropod fauna.

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ArachnidaArthropodaCollembolacommunity-based monitoringInsectamolecular biodiversitytundra

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PMID31936447
PMCPMC7023425

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