Welcome to the METABARPARK Project website. The project aims to apply the new high throughput sequencing technologies to characterize benthic communities in the Spanish Marine National Parks using environmental DNA (metabarcoding). Our main objective is to characterize the hidden biodiversity which is usually overlooked by traditional methods. We will also try to assess the community impacts of invasive seaweeds.

Monday, October 6, 2014

First sampling in Cabrera done!


In September, 21st to 26th, we did the first sampling in the Cabrera Archipelago, in a joint trip with researchers from another National Parks research project, CORCLIM. Working together optimized costs and logistic needs, and it was an excellent occasion for interaction… and for fun!
The CORCLIM team with X Turon (photo Eneko Aspillaga)

Sampling was done in the Imperial, an islet in the SE of Cabrera. We could collect all the foreseen samples in spite of bad weather and rough seas some of the days. As an altered community we chose the shallow rocky bottoms occupied by the invasive seaweed Lophocladia lallemandii. The samples are currently being processed in the CEAB.
A sea of Lophocladia (photo Pol Capdevila)
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