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SUMMARY:Meta-(DNA)barcoding &amp\; the ecology of coral-reef fish - Moshe 
 Kiflawi (Ben Gurion University\, Israel)
DTSTART:20160607T150000Z
DTEND:20160607T160000Z
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CONTACT:Dieter Lukas
DESCRIPTION:The life-cycle of coral reef fishes consists of a relatively s
 edentary adult phase and a dispersive larval phase. It is the larval phase
  that is responsible for population replenishment and stability\, and is t
 herefore of great research interest.  Progress in the study of larval spat
 ial distribution and dynamics has been held-back by classical larval taxon
 omy\, which offers low taxonomic resolution in the analysis of field sampl
 es.  We have recently concluded the first quantitative metagenomic study o
 f a highly specious reef-fish larval assemblage.  Overcoming several techn
 ical and computational hurdles\, the study classified to species ca. 5\,00
 0 larvae from 384 temporally and spatially stratified samples\; collected 
 in the Northern Gulf of Aqaba\, the Red Sea.  The combination of extensive
  field-samples and species-level resolution facilitated several\, previous
 ly unattainable\, ecological inferences\; the like of which could inform c
 oral-reef conservation and fisheries management. 
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, Level 1\, The David Attenborough Building
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