Investigating Patterns of Larval Fish Community Dynamics Over the Past Two Decades Using a Novel Application of Environmental DNA Metabarcoding

Zachary Gold1, Dovi Kacev2, Paul H Barber3, Kelly D. Goodwin4, Luke Thompson5 and Andrew Thompson5, (1)University of California Los Angeles, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (3)University of Los Angeles, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (4)NOAA Miami, Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, FL, United States, (5)NOAA SWFSC, La Jolla, CA, United States