PRJNA259710
Freshwater Eukaryotes Targeted Locus (Loci)
Despite their global distribution and ecological importance, little information about eukaryotic diversity is available from small, shallow and ephemeral freshwater systems. The goal of this project is to study and compare protist diversity in one brook and four shallow ponds located in the Natural Regional Park of the Chevreuse Valley, France. The study is based on the identification and comparison of operational taxonomic units (OTUs) infered from massive pyrosequencing of amplified 18S rRNA gene fragments of protists in the 0.2-5 µm-size range.