Vertical distribution of prokaryotes communities and predicted metabolic pathways in New Zealand wetlands, and potential for environmental DNA indicators of wetland condition

• Jamie R. Wood ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: woodj@landcareresearch.co.nz

  Affiliation Manaaki Whenua–Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8008-6083

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• Olivia R. Burge,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Manaaki Whenua–Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7719-6695

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• Nic Bolstridge,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Manaaki Whenua–Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand

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• Karen Bonner,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Manaaki Whenua–Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand

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• Beverley Clarkson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Manaaki Whenua–Landcare Research, Hamilton, New Zealand

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• Theresa L. Cole,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Ecology and Evolution, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Carina Davis,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Manaaki Whenua–Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand

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• Alex Fergus,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Manaaki Whenua–Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5138-5241

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• Perēri King,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Maungaharuru-Tangitū Trust, Hawke's Bay Mail Centre, Napier, New Zealand

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• Michelle M. McKeown,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Manaaki Whenua–Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand

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• Chris Morse,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Manaaki Whenua–Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand

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• Sarah J. Richardson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Manaaki Whenua–Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand

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• Hugh Robertson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Conservation, Nelson, New Zealand

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• Janet M. Wilmshurst

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Manaaki Whenua–Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand, School of Environment, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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