A long-term ecological research dataset from the marine genetic monitoring programme ARMS-MBON 2020-2021

By

Pagnier, Justine
Allcock, Louise
Cancio, Ibon
Chatzinikolaou, Eva
Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos
Chrismas, Nathan
Costantini, Federica
Dailianis, Thanos
Deneudt, Klaas
Díaz De Cerio, Oihane
Digenis, Markos
Exter, Katrina
Gerovasileiou, Vasilis
González Fernández, José
Kauppi, Laura
Keklikoglou, Kleoniki
Kristoffersen, Jon Bent
Lagaisse, Rune
Mavrič, Borut
Mortelmans, Jonas
Paredes, Estefanía
Pavloudi, Christina
Piazza, Alessandro
Power, Anne Marie
Ramšak, Andreja
Santi, Ioulia
Solbakken, Jostein
Stavroulaki, Melanthia
Stæhr, Peter
Tajadura, Javier
Souza Troncoso, Jesús
Vasileiadou, Aikaterini
Vernadou, Emmanouela
Obst, Matthias

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-11-21

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

13

Pages

1--30

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e148981

 

Abstract

Continuing the international efforts of the ARMS Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (ARMS-MBON), we present data from the second sampling campaign, coming from 56 Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) deployed in 2020 and 2021 along European coasts under the European Marine Omics Biodiversity Observation Network (EMO BON). The dataset includes information on sampling locations and conditions, sample archiving and quality reports of collected samples. Data and metadata are openly accessible and can be downloaded from the associated GitHub repository. Sequence data can be accessed via the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) through the corresponding accession numbers. Images of ARMS plates are stored on PlutoF and can be downloaded through links provided in this paper. Sequence data were processed and explored with the PEMA pipeline, resulting in 17,194, 7,235 and 5,261 unique ASVs/OTUs for COI, 18S and ITS, respectively. In this dataset, ARMS revealed the presence of over 61 eukaryotic phyla, aligning with our previous sampling campaign. Amongst these phyla, 35 had sequences identified to the species level. With this dataset and its associated paper, we provide a standardised resource for marine biodiversity monitoring and scientific analyses of benthic biodiversity. The presented data product supports future studies on the status and changes in species composition, distribution and genetic diversity.