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Increasing speed and magnitude of global change threaten the world's biodiversity and particularly coral reef fishes. A better understanding of large-scale patterns and processes on coral reefs is essential to prevent fish biodiversity decline but it requires new monitoring approaches. Here, we use environmental DNA metabarcoding to reconstruct well-known patterns of fish biodiversity on coral reefs and uncover hidden patterns on these highly diverse and threatened ecosystems. We analysed 226 environmental DNA (eDNA) seawater samples from 100 stations in five tropical regions (Caribbean, Central and Southwest Pacific, Coral Triangle and Western Indian Ocean) and compared those to 2047 underwater visual censuses from the Reef Life Survey in 1224 stations. Environmental DNA reveals a higher (16%) fish biodiversity, with 2650 taxa, and 25% more families than underwater visual surveys. By identifying more pelagic, reef-associated and crypto-benthic species, eDNA offers a fresh view on assembly rules across spatial scales. Nevertheless, the reef life survey identified more species than eDNA in 47 shared families, which can be due to incomplete sequence assignment, possibly combined with incomplete detection in the environment, for some species. Combining eDNA metabarcoding and extensive visual census offers novel insights on the spatial organization of the richest marine ecosystems.

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Mathon, L and Marques, V and Mouillot, D and Albouy, C and Andrello, M and Baletaud, F and Borrero-Perez, GH and Dejean, T and Edgar, GJ and Grondin, J and Guerin, PE and Hocde, R and Juhel, JB and Kadarusman, K and Maire, E and Mariani, G and McLean, M and Polanco F, A and Pouyaud, L and Stuart-Smith, RD and Sugeha, HY and Valentini, A and Vigliola, L and Vimono, IB and Pellissier, L and Manel, S
Keywords:	eDNA metabarcoding, coral reef fish, biogeographic patterns, visual census
Journal or Publication Title:	Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Publisher:	Royal Soc London
ISSN:	0962-8452
DOI / ID Number:	https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0162
Copyright Information:	© 2022 The Author(s).
Related URLs:	Google Scholar: Edgar, GJ UTAS Profile: Edgar, GJ Google Scholar: Stuart-Smith, RD UTAS Profile: Stuart-Smith, RD
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