Files associated with environmental DNA metabarcoding analysis of potential prey communities for the critically endangered Rice's whale (Balaenoptera ricei) in the northeastern Gulf of America. A study examining the foraging ecology and prey availability for Rice's whales using two 12S rRNA markers (MiFish and Riaz).
- Study title: Environmental DNA metabarcoding reveals diverse prey communities for the critically endangered Rice's whale in the northeastern Gulf of America
The structure of this repository is:
- markdown – study questions, sample descriptions, analysis notes, and results
- metadata – sample data and other metadata, prepared in standard format for database submission
- code – scripts and/or Jupyter notebooks for data analysis and figure generation
- tourmaline – config, manifest, and metadata files for Tourmaline runs, plus links to full Tourmaline output on Zenodo (TODO)
- analyses – processed data files including reference databases, taxonomy tables, and comparison analyses
- data – raw data including trawl survey data and reference sequences