FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Detection of the elusive Dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) using environmental DNA at Malpelo island (Eastern Pacific, Colombia) BT AF Juhel, Jean‐Baptiste Marques, Virginie Polanco Fernández, Andrea Borrero‐Pérez, Giomar H. Mutis Martinezguerra, Maria Valentini, Alice Dejean, Tony Manel, Stéphanie Loiseau, Nicolas Velez, Laure Hocdé, Régis Letessier, Tom B. Richards, Eilísh Hadjadj, Florine Bessudo, Sandra Ladino, Felipe Albouy, Camille Mouillot, David Pellissier, Loïc AS 1:10;2:2,10;3:3;4:3;5:3;6:4;7:4;8:2;9:1,10;10:10;11:10;12:5;13:6;14:10;15:7;16:7;17:8;18:10;19:6,9; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM;10:;11:;12:;13:;14:;15:;16:;17:PDG-RBE-EMH;18:;19:; C1 MARBEC University of Montpellier CNRS, Ifremer, IRD Montpellier, France CEFE University of Montpellier CNRS EPHE‐PSL University IRD Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3 Montpellier ,France Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras‐INVEMAR Museo de Historia Natural Marina de Colombia (MHNMC) Santa Marta ,Colombia SPYGEN ,Le Bourget‐du‐Lac ,France Institute of Zoology ,Zoological Society of London London ,UK Department of Environmental Systems Science Landscape Ecology Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Universitӓt Zürich Zürich, Switzerland Fundación Malpelo Bogotá ,Colombia IFREMER ,Unité Ecologie et Modèles pour l'Halieutique EMH Nantes ,France Unit of Land Change Science Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Birmensdorf ,Switzerland MARBEC University of Montpellier CNRS, Ifremer, IRD Montpellier, France C2 IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV MONTPELLIER, FRANCE INVEMAR, COLOMBIA SPYGEN, FRANCE ZOOL SOC LONDON, UK ETH ZURICH, SWITZERLAND FUNDACION MALPELO BOGOTA, COLOMBIA IFREMER, FRANCE SWISS FED RES INST WSL, SWITZERLAND UNIV MONTPELLIER, FRANCE SI SETE NANTES SE PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM PDG-RBE-EMH UM MARBEC IN WOS Ifremer UPR WOS Ifremer UMR WOS Cotutelle UMR DOAJ copubli-france copubli-europe copubli-univ-france copubli-int-hors-europe copubli-sud IF 3.167 TC 9 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00683/79484/82076.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;eDNA;megafauna;mobile species;pelagic AB Monitoring large marine mammals is challenging due to their low abundances in general, an ability to move over large distances and wide geographical range sizes. The distribution of the pygmy (Kogia breviceps) and dwarf (Kogia sima) sperm whales is informed by relatively rare sightings, which does not permit accurate estimates of their distribution ranges. Hence, their conservation status has long remained Data Deficient (DD) in the Red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which prevent appropriate conservation measures. Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding uses DNA traces left by organisms in their environments to detect the presence of targeted taxon, and is here proved to be useful to increase our knowledge on the distribution of rare but emblematic megafauna. Retrieving eDNA from filtered surface water provides the first detection of the Dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) around the remote Malpelo island (Colombia). Environmental DNA collected during oceanic missions can generate better knowledge on rare but emblematic animals even in regions that are generally well sampled for other taxa. PY 2021 PD APR SO Ecology And Evolution SN 2045-7758 PU Wiley VL 11 IS 7 UT 000625202600001 BP 2956 EP 2962 DI 10.1002/ece3.7057 ID 79484 ER EF