Expanding the scale and scope of the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network Pole to Pole of the Americas: Merging rocky intertidal biodiversity surveys with environmental DNA and plankton imaging applications

a: Coastal landscapes and some of the intertidal species observed during fieldwork in Península Valdés, Argentina. From left to right: Dictyota dichotoma (brown algae), Spheniscus magellanicus (Magellanic penguin), Otaria flavescens (South American sea lion), and an unidentified intertidal sea anemone.

b: Group photo of the MBON Pole to Pole workshop participants during field activities.

c: Terrestrial environments adjacent to the intertidal zone, featuring native wildlife such as a large hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus villosus) and a guanaco (Lama guanicoe).

Photo credits: Luke R. Thompson, Gabriela Vélez-Rubio, Erasmo C. Macaya, Edgardo Londoño-Cruz, and Gonzalo Bravo.

Part of: Bravo G, Bigatti G, Lozada M, Thompson LR, Livore JP, Mendez MM, Arribas LP, Bigatti L, Christian T, Macaya EC, Londoño-Cruz E, Moity N, Cruz-Motta JJ, Flores AAV, Vélez-Rubio GM, Palomo MG, Cordeiro CAMM, Pellizzari FM, Cárdenas-Calle M, Kanhai LD, Vivar Linares IA, Gil-Kodaka P, Martinez L, Sugliano P, Trigo AB, Zottola J, Blanco DM, Tricase M, Bravo N, Degrati M, Tavano Formigo CEF, Muller-Karger F, Montes E (2025) Expanding the scale and scope of the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network Pole to Pole of the Americas: Merging rocky intertidal biodiversity surveys with environmental DNA and plankton imaging applications. Research Ideas and Outcomes 11: e163815. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.11.e163815