We took the taxa that are found both GBIF and eDNA, and plotted the occurrences on a map. This let us examine the differences in occurrence patterns that are revealed from each data type. Dots are GBIF data, drop pins are eDNA data.
Pillar Point
eDNA and GBIF Common Taxa
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Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta
(polychaetes) -
Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Arachnida
(arachnids) -
Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta
(true insects) -
Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca
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Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda
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Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Pycnogonida
(sea spiders) -
Eukaryota, Animalia, Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata
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Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Ascidiacea
(sea squirts) -
Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Elasmobranchii
(elasmobranchs) -
Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia
(mammals) -
Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia
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Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei
(teleost fishes) -
Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa
(anthozoans) -
Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa
(hydrozoans) -
Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Scyphozoa
(jellyfishes) -
Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea
(starfishes, starfish, sea stars) -
Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Echinoidea
(sea urchins) -
Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Holothuroidea
(sea cucumbers, holothurians) -
Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia
(bivalves) -
Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda
(cephalopods) -
Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda
(gastropods) -
Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora
(chitons) -
Eukaryota, Animalia, Nemertea, Anopla
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Eukaryota, Animalia, Nemertea, Enopla
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Eukaryota, Animalia, Nemertea, Paleonemertea
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Eukaryota, Animalia, Platyhelminthes, Polycladidea
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Eukaryota, Animalia, Porifera, Calcarea
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Eukaryota, Animalia, Porifera, Demospongiae
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Eukaryota, Animalia, Sipuncula, Phascolosomatidea
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Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae
(brown algae) -
Eukaryota, Fungi, Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes
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Eukaryota, Fungi, Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes
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Eukaryota, Plantae, Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae
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Eukaryota, Plantae, Rhodophyta, Bangiophyceae
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Eukaryota, Plantae, Rhodophyta, Compsopogonophyceae
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Eukaryota, Plantae, Rhodophyta, Florideophyceae
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Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida
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Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Pinopsida
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Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Polypodiopsida
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Eukaryota, Protozoa, Choanozoa, Choanoflagellatea
Taxon: Scyphozoa
Areas of interest- red: Pillar Point State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA)
- blue: unprotected tidal pools
- orange: unprotected embayment
- pin icons: eDNA sites
- circles: GBIF occurrences