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Lake Superior zooplankton composition data, from 2016, via morphological ID and via DNA metabarcoding

Published by U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Metadata Last Checked: August 02, 2025 | Last Modified: 2020-10-30
Dataset contains site x zooplankton taxa data from Lake Superior in 2016. Different tabs have data from morphological ID and from DNA metabarcoding ID with 4 different genetic markers. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Meredith, C., J. Hoffman, A. Trebitz, E. Pilgrim, S. Okum, and J. Martinson. Evaluating the performance of DNA metabarcoding for assessment of zooplankton communities in Western Lake Superior using multiple markers. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, BULGARIA, 50: 83-97, (2021).

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