Project

An improved metagenetic approach to characterize the diversity and dynamics of marine nematodes

Code
31516411
Duration
01 January 2011 → 31 December 2013
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Animal biology
Keywords
nematode communities spatial variation metabarcoding rare species
 
Project description

This project investigates spatial heterogeneity and temporal shifts in nematode communities to characterize what are ‘rare species’. We use next generation sequencing on nuclear and a mitochondrial marker gene and compare the diversity estimates so obtained with estimates based on morphological identification.