Environmental DNA metabarcoding reveals distinct fish assemblages supported by seagrass (Zostera marina and Zostera pacifica) beds in different geographic settings in Southern California

• Tanner Waters ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tannerwaters@g.ucla.edu (TW); robeagle@g.ucla.edu (RAE)

  Affiliations Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America, Center for Diverse Leadership in Science, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7013-1837

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• Zachary Gold,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States of America

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• Adam Obaza,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Paua Marine Research Group, Long Beach, CA, United States of America

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• Richard F. Ambrose,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Jonathan and Karen Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

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• Robert A. Eagle

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

  * E-mail: tannerwaters@g.ucla.edu (TW); robeagle@g.ucla.edu (RAE)

  Affiliations Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America, Center for Diverse Leadership in Science, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

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