A DNA Barcode Dataset for the Aquatic Fauna of the Panama Canal: Novel Resources for Detecting Faunal Change in the Neotropics
DNA metabarcoding is a powerful biodiversity monitoring tool, enabling simultaneous assessments of diverse biological communities. However, its accuracy depends on the reliability of reference databases that assign taxonomic identities to obtained sequences. Here we provide a DNA barcode dataset for...
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| author | Kristin Saltonstall Rachel Collin Celestino Aguilar Fernando Alda Laura M. Baldrich-Mora Victor Bravo María Fernanda Castillo Sheril Castro Luis F. De León Edgardo Díaz-Ferguson Humberto A. Garcés Eyda Gómez Rigoberto G. González Maribel A. González-Torres Hector M. Guzman Alexandra Hiller Roberto Ibáñez César Jaramillo Klara L. Kaiser Yulang Kam Mayra Lemus Peralta Oscar G. Lopez Maycol E. Madrid C. Matthew J. Miller Natalia Ossa-Hernandez Ruth G. Reina D. Ross Robertson Tania E. Romero-Gonzalez Milton Sandoval Oris Sanjur Carmen Schlöder Ashley E. Sharpe Diana Sharpe Jakob Siepmann David Strasiewsky Mark E. Torchin Melany Tumbaco Marta Vargas Miryam Venegas-Anaya Benjamin C. Victor Gustavo Castellanos-Galindo |
| author_facet | Kristin Saltonstall Rachel Collin Celestino Aguilar Fernando Alda Laura M. Baldrich-Mora Victor Bravo María Fernanda Castillo Sheril Castro Luis F. De León Edgardo Díaz-Ferguson Humberto A. Garcés Eyda Gómez Rigoberto G. González Maribel A. González-Torres Hector M. Guzman Alexandra Hiller Roberto Ibáñez César Jaramillo Klara L. Kaiser Yulang Kam Mayra Lemus Peralta Oscar G. Lopez Maycol E. Madrid C. Matthew J. Miller Natalia Ossa-Hernandez Ruth G. Reina D. Ross Robertson Tania E. Romero-Gonzalez Milton Sandoval Oris Sanjur Carmen Schlöder Ashley E. Sharpe Diana Sharpe Jakob Siepmann David Strasiewsky Mark E. Torchin Melany Tumbaco Marta Vargas Miryam Venegas-Anaya Benjamin C. Victor Gustavo Castellanos-Galindo |
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| description | DNA metabarcoding is a powerful biodiversity monitoring tool, enabling simultaneous assessments of diverse biological communities. However, its accuracy depends on the reliability of reference databases that assign taxonomic identities to obtained sequences. Here we provide a DNA barcode dataset for aquatic fauna of the Panama Canal, a region that connects the Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific oceans. This unique setting creates opportunities for trans-oceanic dispersal while acting as a modern physical dispersal barrier for some terrestrial organisms. We sequenced 852 specimens from a diverse array of taxa (e.g., fishes, zooplankton, mollusks, arthropods, reptiles, birds, and mammals) using COI, and in some cases, 12S and 16S barcodes. These data were collected for a variety of studies, many of which have sought to understand recent changes in aquatic communities in the Panama Canal. The DNA barcodes presented here are all from captured specimens, which confirms their presence in Panama and, in many cases, inside the Panama Canal. Both native and introduced taxa are included. This dataset represents a valuable resource for environmental DNA (eDNA) work in the Panama Canal region and across the Neotropics aimed at monitoring ecosystem health, tracking non-native and potentially invasive species, and understanding the ecology and distribution of these freshwater and euryhaline taxa. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-15a2da0e7b0a48caa70a1bdce8956a8f2025-07-25T13:19:29ZengMDPI AGData2306-57292025-07-0110710810.3390/data10070108A DNA Barcode Dataset for the Aquatic Fauna of the Panama Canal: Novel Resources for Detecting Faunal Change in the NeotropicsKristin Saltonstall0Rachel Collin1Celestino Aguilar2Fernando Alda3Laura M. Baldrich-Mora4Victor Bravo5María Fernanda Castillo6Sheril Castro7Luis F. De León8Edgardo Díaz-Ferguson9Humberto A. Garcés10Eyda Gómez11Rigoberto G. González12Maribel A. González-Torres13Hector M. Guzman14Alexandra Hiller15Roberto Ibáñez16César Jaramillo17Klara L. Kaiser18Yulang Kam19Mayra Lemus Peralta20Oscar G. Lopez21Maycol E. Madrid C.22Matthew J. Miller23Natalia Ossa-Hernandez24Ruth G. Reina25D. Ross Robertson26Tania E. Romero-Gonzalez27Milton Sandoval28Oris Sanjur29Carmen Schlöder30Ashley E. Sharpe31Diana Sharpe32Jakob Siepmann33David Strasiewsky34Mark E. Torchin35Melany Tumbaco36Marta Vargas37Miryam Venegas-Anaya38Benjamin C. Victor39Gustavo Castellanos-Galindo40Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaFacultad de Medicina, Universidad de Panamá, Panama City 0824, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaDepartment of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA 02125, USAEstación Científica Coiba (Coiba AIP), Clayton 0843, PanamaSchool of Biology, FACINET, Universidad de Panamá, Panama City 0824, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSchool of Biology, FACINET, Universidad de Panamá, Panama City 0824, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaOIKOS Genomics, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 127788, United Arab EmiratesSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaEnvironmental Science and Public Policy, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02138, USASmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaOcean Science Foundation, Irvine, CA 92604, USASmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0801, PanamaDNA metabarcoding is a powerful biodiversity monitoring tool, enabling simultaneous assessments of diverse biological communities. However, its accuracy depends on the reliability of reference databases that assign taxonomic identities to obtained sequences. Here we provide a DNA barcode dataset for aquatic fauna of the Panama Canal, a region that connects the Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific oceans. This unique setting creates opportunities for trans-oceanic dispersal while acting as a modern physical dispersal barrier for some terrestrial organisms. We sequenced 852 specimens from a diverse array of taxa (e.g., fishes, zooplankton, mollusks, arthropods, reptiles, birds, and mammals) using COI, and in some cases, 12S and 16S barcodes. These data were collected for a variety of studies, many of which have sought to understand recent changes in aquatic communities in the Panama Canal. The DNA barcodes presented here are all from captured specimens, which confirms their presence in Panama and, in many cases, inside the Panama Canal. Both native and introduced taxa are included. This dataset represents a valuable resource for environmental DNA (eDNA) work in the Panama Canal region and across the Neotropics aimed at monitoring ecosystem health, tracking non-native and potentially invasive species, and understanding the ecology and distribution of these freshwater and euryhaline taxa.https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5729/10/7/108DNA barcodemitochondrial DNAfishzooplanktonvertebrateinvertebrate |
| spellingShingle | Kristin Saltonstall Rachel Collin Celestino Aguilar Fernando Alda Laura M. Baldrich-Mora Victor Bravo María Fernanda Castillo Sheril Castro Luis F. De León Edgardo Díaz-Ferguson Humberto A. Garcés Eyda Gómez Rigoberto G. González Maribel A. González-Torres Hector M. Guzman Alexandra Hiller Roberto Ibáñez César Jaramillo Klara L. Kaiser Yulang Kam Mayra Lemus Peralta Oscar G. Lopez Maycol E. Madrid C. Matthew J. Miller Natalia Ossa-Hernandez Ruth G. Reina D. Ross Robertson Tania E. Romero-Gonzalez Milton Sandoval Oris Sanjur Carmen Schlöder Ashley E. Sharpe Diana Sharpe Jakob Siepmann David Strasiewsky Mark E. Torchin Melany Tumbaco Marta Vargas Miryam Venegas-Anaya Benjamin C. Victor Gustavo Castellanos-Galindo A DNA Barcode Dataset for the Aquatic Fauna of the Panama Canal: Novel Resources for Detecting Faunal Change in the Neotropics Data DNA barcode mitochondrial DNA fish zooplankton vertebrate invertebrate |
| title | A DNA Barcode Dataset for the Aquatic Fauna of the Panama Canal: Novel Resources for Detecting Faunal Change in the Neotropics |
| title_full | A DNA Barcode Dataset for the Aquatic Fauna of the Panama Canal: Novel Resources for Detecting Faunal Change in the Neotropics |
| title_fullStr | A DNA Barcode Dataset for the Aquatic Fauna of the Panama Canal: Novel Resources for Detecting Faunal Change in the Neotropics |
| title_full_unstemmed | A DNA Barcode Dataset for the Aquatic Fauna of the Panama Canal: Novel Resources for Detecting Faunal Change in the Neotropics |
| title_short | A DNA Barcode Dataset for the Aquatic Fauna of the Panama Canal: Novel Resources for Detecting Faunal Change in the Neotropics |
| title_sort | dna barcode dataset for the aquatic fauna of the panama canal novel resources for detecting faunal change in the neotropics |
| topic | DNA barcode mitochondrial DNA fish zooplankton vertebrate invertebrate |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5729/10/7/108 |
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