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L-3.1 | BENTHOS BARCODING (2008-2011)Fast and accurate species identification is the essential part of biodiversity research and at the same time its major bottleneck. Traditional morphological identification of species is time consuming, cannot differentiate between cryptic species, enlighten phenotypic plasticity within one species and strongly depends on experts. Furthermore, a disadvantage of morphological keys is their restriction to particular life stages or sex. Additionally, environmental samples frequently contain small fragments of organisms which mostly cannot be identified by morphological criteria. At last, sample conservation with ethanol can lead to deformation of specimens which also hinders morphological identification.
PublicationsJansen, M., Bloch, R., Schulze, A. & M. Pfenninger (2011) : Integrative inventory of Bolivia’s lowland anurans reveals hidden diversity. - Zoologica Scripta 40, 567-583.
Jansen, M. & G. Köhler
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Reptilia, Squamata, Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaena cegei Montero, 1997, and Reptilia, Squamata, Teidae, Tupinambis rufescens (Günther, 1871): vertical range extension. CheckList 6(4):503-504. Pérez-Losada, M., Bloch. R., Breinholt, J.W., Pfenninger, M. & J. Domínguez (2012) : Taxonomic assessment of Lumbricidae (Oligochaeta) earthworm genera using DNA barcodes. - European Journal of Soil Biology 48: 41-47. Römbke, J., Aira, M., Backeljau, T., Breugelmans, K., Dominguez, J., Funke, E., Graf, N., Hajibabaei, M., Perez-Losada, M., Porto, P.G., Schmelz, R.M., Vierna, J., Vizcaino, A & M. Pfenninger (2015) : DNA barcoding of earthworms (Eisenia fetida/andrei complex) from 28 ecotoxicological test laboratories. Applied Soil Ecology Schulze, A. & M. Jansen : A tadpole of Trachycephalus venulosus (Anura: Hylidae) as prey for a fishing spider (Araneae: Pisauridae) in the Bolivian Chiquitano Dry Forest. Herpetology Notes 3: 297-298. previous project | next project
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