Protist community structure and diversity at the West Antarctic Peninsula in austral fall – reconciling metabarcoding, microscopy and pigment analyses

Wenta, Philipp

Protist community structure and diversity at the West Antarctic Peninsula in austral fall – reconciling metabarcoding, microscopy and pigment analyses

Philipp Wenta¹, Christoph Plum¹, Dominik Bahlburg¹, Katja Metfies^2,3, Marina Monti⁴, Thomas H. Badewien¹ and Stefanie Devi Moorthi¹, (1)University of Oldenburg, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, (2)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, (3)Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity, Oldenburg, Germany, (4)National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics, Sgonico, Italy