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@article{Jessop:2025:10.1111/2041-210x.70194,
author = {Jessop, A and Steyaert, M and Daraghmeh, N and Pagnier, J and Clark, MS and Peck, LS and Fraser, KPP},
doi = {10.1111/2041-210x.70194},
journal = {Methods in Ecology and Evolution},
title = {A review of autonomous reef monitoring structures ( <scp>ARMS</scp> ) for monitoring hardbottom benthic biodiversity},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.70194},
year = {2025}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p> <jats:list> <jats:list-item> <jats:p>Amid increasing anthropogenic pressures on ecosystems, standardised biodiversity monitoring is critical for assessing biodiversity change. Marine hardbottom habitats, though ubiquitous and biodiverse, present challenges for biodiversity monitoring due to their complex structure and limited accessibility. Autonomous reef monitoring structures (ARMS) have been developed to standardise marine hardbottom biodiversity monitoring across sites and research groups.</jats:p> </jats:list-item> <jats:list-item> <jats:p>This review analyses the methodological approaches utilised to date, spatial distribution, and temporal coverage of ARMS research across 49 publications.</jats:p> </jats:list-item> <jats:list-item> <jats:p>Variation in deployment, retrieval, replication strategy, and processing of ARMS was observed, presenting a barrier to study interoperability. Spatial coverage is biased to coral reef ecosystems and the Northern Hemisphere but is expanding globally. Irregular deployment timing and overall deployment durations constrain temporal coverage across sites and biogeographical regions, with few studies exploring the influence of deployment timing and duration on ARMS' community composition. Genetic methods, namely, DNA barcoding and metabarcoding, dominate community composition analyses but there is significant variation in methods of DNA extraction, PCR protocols, target genes, sequencing platforms, and bioinformatic pipelines. Furthermore, images of ARMS' plates are an underutilised resource for biodiversity investigations and rarely used in conjunction with genetic analyses.</jats:p>
AU - Jessop,A
AU - Steyaert,M
AU - Daraghmeh,N
AU - Pagnier,J
AU - Clark,MS
AU - Peck,LS
AU - Fraser,KPP
DO - 10.1111/2041-210x.70194
PY - 2025///
SN - 2041-210X
TI - A review of autonomous reef monitoring structures ( <scp>ARMS</scp> ) for monitoring hardbottom benthic biodiversity
T2 - Methods in Ecology and Evolution
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.70194
UR - https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.70194
ER -
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