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AAS_4305_McInnes_et_al_2021_DNA_detection_seabirds
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- Citation
- Mcinnes, J.C. and Shaw, J. (2021) Using DNA metabarcoding to detect burrowing seabirds in a remote landscape, Macquarie Island 2017-2018., Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.26179/5bkj-yg59, Accessed: 2026-05-20
- Title
- Using DNA metabarcoding to detect burrowing seabirds in a remote landscape, Macquarie Island 2017-2018.
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.26179/5bkj-yg59
- Created Date
- 2021-04-20
- Revision Date
- 2021-04-20
- Parent record
- None
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
Scat and discarded feather samples were collected from outside burrowing petrel burrows across Macquarie Island (222 scat and 108 feather samples) between November 2017 and November 2018. Samples were collected within seabird colonies during ground searches and GPS co-ordinates were taken for each sample collected. DNA was extracted from all samples and two short mitochondrial markers (COI and 16S) were amplified using custom-designed burrowing petrel primers. Amplicons were pooled and sequenced on an Ilumina Miseq and compared to reference databases to provide species-level identifications. To assign species, maximum likelihood trees were constructed using MEGA X with representative species sequences from field samples and reference sequences from the Barcode of Life Database.
Purpose
We tested the efficacy of DNA analysis to identify burrowing petrel species in a rapidly changing landscape, on a remote sub-Antarctic island following pest eradication. Using these data, we identify species presence and mapped the locations where species were detected with DNA metabarcoding.
Quality
See the methodology document in the download file for more information.
Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 2017-11-09 - Stop date: 2018-11-30
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > ALBATROSSES/PETRELS AND ALLIES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > EXOTIC SPECIES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > INDIGENOUS/NATIVE SPECIES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > POPULATION DYNAMICS
Additional Keywords
- MISEQ
- LC480
- AAD GENTICS LAB
- DNA METABARCODING
- PROCELLARIIDAE
- PELECANOIDES
- RECOLONISATION
- BURROWING PETRELS
Locations
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Platforms
- FIELD SURVEYS
- LABORATORY
Instruments
- Automated DNA Sequencer
Researchers
- mcinnes, julie (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)
- shaw, justine (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
Use Constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AAS_4305_McInnes_et_al_2021_DNA_detection_seabirds when using these data.
