Performance of two Southern California benthic community condition indices using species abundance and presence-only data: relevance to DNA barcoding.

DNA barcoding, as it is currently employed, enhances use of marine benthic macrofauna as environmental condition indicators by improving the speed and accuracy of the underlying taxonomic identifications. The next generation of barcoding applications, processing bulk environmental samples, will like...

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Main Authors: J Ananda Ranasinghe, Eric D Stein, Peter E Miller, Stephen B Weisberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3413687?pdf=render