PRJNA723313
Assessing the Ecological Quality Status in the highly polluted Bagnoli area (Italy) using foraminiferal eDNA metabarcoding
In the present study, we evaluate the response of benthic foraminifera and define the Ecological Quality Status (EcoQS) in the Bagnoli area (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy) based on traditional morphology-based approach and eDNA metabarcoding.The molecular indices (i.e., g-exp(H'bc), g-Foram AMBI and g-Foram AMBI-MOTUs) reliably identify poor to bad EcoQS in the polluted area in front of the former industrial plant.