Overview
- This is the first published volume on this research topic.
- It provides an account of selected research projects and case histories from sites and/or laboratories working on marine biodiversity around the globe, and
- addresses the role of DNA barcoding combined with enhanced sequencing for the assessment and conservation of marine biodiversity.
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Overview, Significance and Bioinformatics
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DNA Barcoding of Marine Invertebrates
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DNA Barcoding of Marine Fishes
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About this book
More than two third of the surface area of our planet is covered by oceans and assessment of the marine biodiversity is a challenging task. With the increasing global population, there is a tendency to exploit marine recourses for food, energy and other requirements. This puts pressure on the fragile marine environment and needs sustainable conservation efforts. Marine species identification using traditional taxonomical methods are often burdened with taxonomic controversies. Here in this book we will discuss the comparatively new concept of DNA barcoding and its significance in marine perspective. This molecular technique can be helpful in the assessment of crypticspecies which are widespread in marine environment, and can also be used to link the different life cycle stages to the adult which is difficult to accomplish in marine ecosystems. Other advantages of DNA barcoding include authentication and safety assessment of seafood, wildlife forensics, conservation genetics and detection of invasive alien species (IAS). Global DNA barcoding efforts in the marine habitat include MarBOL, CeDAMar, CMarZ, SHARK-BOL, etc. DNA barcoding of different marine groups ranging from the microbes to mammals is to be revealed. In conjugation with newer and faster techniques like high throughput sequencing, DNA barcoding is serving as an effective modern tool in marine biodiversity assessment and conservation.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Department of Biology
Faculty of Science
University of Tabuk
Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
striverdi@ut.edu.sa
triverdi.subrata@gmail.com
Abid A Ansari
Department of Biology
Faculty of Science
University of Tabuk
Tabuk-71491, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
aansari@ut.edu.sa
aaansari40@gmail.com
Dr. Sankar K. Ghosh, Ph.D.
Department of Biotechnology,
Assam University
Silchar-788011
Assam, India
Sankar.kumar.ghosh@aus.ac.in
drsankarghosh@gmail.com
Hasibur Rehman, Ph.D
Department of Biology
Faculty of Sciences
University of Tabuk
Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)
hrehman@ut.edu.sa
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: DNA Barcoding in Marine Perspectives
Book Subtitle: Assessment and Conservation of Biodiversity
Editors: Subrata Trivedi, Abid Ali Ansari, Sankar K. Ghosh, Hasibur Rehman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41840-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-41838-4Published: 07 September 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82442-0Published: 15 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-41840-7Published: 31 August 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 330
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 38 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ecology, Animal Genetics and Genomics, Marine & Freshwater Sciences, Nature Conservation, Biochemistry, general, Bioinformatics