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GBIF Taxonomic Comparison

To get a better understanding of the GBIF data, we examined the data at various taxonomic levels. By sorting the data by the number of occurrences, we found out that sea slugs (order: Nudibranchia) made up 40% of the GBIF observations. Human observations usually tend to photograph animals.

To find out how eDNA complements GBIF data, we looked at whether or not there was a eDNA match for each GBIF taxa. While eDNA and GBIF have a high match rate at the higher taxonomic levels (phylum, class, order), there is low match rate at lower taxonomic levels (genus and species).

GBIF unique genus: 563

GBIF unique genus with NCBI ID: 538

GBIF unique genus with eDNA match: 93

Taxon	GBIF Occurences	NCBI Match	eDNA Match
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora, Otariidae, Eumetopias GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora, Otariidae, Eumetopias GBIF ID: 2433461 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora, Otariidae, Zalophus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora, Otariidae, Zalophus GBIF ID: 2433457 NCBI	40
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora, Phocidae, Mirounga GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora, Phocidae, Mirounga GBIF ID: 2434812 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora, Phocidae, Phoca GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora, Phocidae, Phoca GBIF ID: 2433485 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora, Phocidae, Phoca NCBI ID: 9717, CALeDNA page	52
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea, Delphinidae, Grampus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea, Delphinidae, Grampus GBIF ID: 5220026 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea, Delphinidae, Tursiops GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea, Delphinidae, Tursiops GBIF ID: 2440446 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea, Eschrichtiidae, Eschrichtius GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea, Eschrichtiidae, Eschrichtius GBIF ID: 2440703 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea, Phocoenidae, Phocoena GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea, Phocoenidae, Phocoena GBIF ID: 2440664 NCBI	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Lagomorpha, Leporidae, Sylvilagus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Lagomorpha, Leporidae, Sylvilagus GBIF ID: 2436839 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Rodentia, Cricetidae, Reithrodontomys GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Rodentia, Cricetidae, Reithrodontomys GBIF ID: 2437854 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Rodentia, Geomyidae, Thomomys GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Rodentia, Geomyidae, Thomomys GBIF ID: 2439381 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Accipitriformes, Accipitridae, Buteo GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Accipitriformes, Accipitridae, Buteo GBIF ID: 2480517 NCBI	15
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Accipitriformes, Cathartidae, Cathartes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Accipitriformes, Cathartidae, Cathartes GBIF ID: 2481927 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Anseriformes, Anatidae, Anas GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Anseriformes, Anatidae, Anas GBIF ID: 2498056 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Anseriformes, Anatidae, Aythya GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Anseriformes, Anatidae, Aythya GBIF ID: 2498254 NCBI	7
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Anseriformes, Anatidae, Branta GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Anseriformes, Anatidae, Branta GBIF ID: 2498190 NCBI	33
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Anseriformes, Anatidae, Bucephala GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Anseriformes, Anatidae, Bucephala GBIF ID: 2498324 NCBI	41
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Anseriformes, Anatidae, Clangula GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Anseriformes, Anatidae, Clangula GBIF ID: 2498272 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Anseriformes, Anatidae, Melanitta GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Anseriformes, Anatidae, Melanitta GBIF ID: 2498237 NCBI	33
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Anseriformes, Anatidae, Mergus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Anseriformes, Anatidae, Mergus GBIF ID: 2498368 NCBI	19
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Apodiformes, Trochilidae, Calypte GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Apodiformes, Trochilidae, Calypte GBIF ID: 2476673 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Alcidae, Cepphus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Alcidae, Cepphus GBIF ID: 3241982 NCBI	13
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Alcidae, Cerorhinca GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Alcidae, Cerorhinca GBIF ID: 2481323 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Alcidae, Fratercula GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Alcidae, Fratercula GBIF ID: 2481352 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Alcidae, Synthliboramphus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Alcidae, Synthliboramphus GBIF ID: 2481347 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Alcidae, Uria GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Alcidae, Uria GBIF ID: 2481338 NCBI	19
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Charadriidae, Charadrius GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Charadriidae, Charadrius GBIF ID: 2480277 NCBI	6
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Charadriidae, Pluvialis GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Charadriidae, Pluvialis GBIF ID: 2480326 NCBI	27
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Haematopodidae, Haematopus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Haematopodidae, Haematopus GBIF ID: 2480260 NCBI	45
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Laridae, Chroicocephalus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Laridae, Chroicocephalus GBIF ID: 4848452 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Laridae, Hydroprogne GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Laridae, Hydroprogne GBIF ID: 2481219 NCBI	17
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Laridae, Larus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Laridae, Larus GBIF ID: 2481126 NCBI	130
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Laridae, Rissa GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Laridae, Rissa GBIF ID: 2481203 NCBI	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Laridae, Rynchops GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Laridae, Rynchops GBIF ID: 2481206 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Laridae, Sterna GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Laridae, Sterna GBIF ID: 2481227 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Laridae, Thalasseus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Laridae, Thalasseus GBIF ID: 7735797 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Laridae, Xema GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Laridae, Xema GBIF ID: 2481220 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Actitis GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Actitis GBIF ID: 2481797 NCBI	14
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Aphriza GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Aphriza GBIF ID: 2481806 NCBI	13
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Arenaria GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Arenaria GBIF ID: 2481774 NCBI	34
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Calidris GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Calidris GBIF ID: 2481739 NCBI	42
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Catoptrophorus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Catoptrophorus GBIF ID: 2481801 NCBI	31
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Limnodromus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Limnodromus GBIF ID: 2481669 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Limosa GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Limosa GBIF ID: 2481679 NCBI	16
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Numenius GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Numenius GBIF ID: 7875964 NCBI	20
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Phalaropus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Phalaropus GBIF ID: 9549339 NCBI	13
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Tringa GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Tringa GBIF ID: 2481709 NCBI	12
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Stercorariidae, Stercorarius GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Stercorariidae, Stercorarius GBIF ID: 2481608 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Columbiformes, Columbidae, Columba GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Columbiformes, Columbidae, Columba GBIF ID: 2495404 NCBI	6
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Columbiformes, Columbidae, Patagioenas GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Columbiformes, Columbidae, Patagioenas GBIF ID: 2495265 NCBI	1