Arjen de Groot's Page

Institution/Organization

Alterra - Wageningen UR

Title/Position

Researcher/Faculty member

Website

http://www.alterra.wur.nl/UK/research/Specialisation+Ecosystem+Stud...

I’m involved in, or am interested in the following barcoding initiatives

All Birds Barcoding Initiative, TreeBOL, DNA Barcoding Initiative for Conservation, Plant Working Group, Database Working Group, Data Analysis Working Group

I’m involved in or interested in the following iBOL Working Groups

WG1.1 Vertebrates, WG1.2 Land Plants, WG1.5 Agricultural and Forestry Pests and Their Parasitoids, WG1.6 Pollinators, WG1.7 Freshwater Bio-Surveillance, WG1.8 Marine Bio-Surveillance, WG1.9 Terrestrial Bio-Surveillance, WG2.3 Methodological Innovation, WG4.1 Environmental Barcoding

Keywords about my barcoding projects (separate each choice with a comma)

soil macrofauna, mites, ferns, eDNA, soil diversity

I’m involved in the following aspects of barcoding:

Fieldwork/specimen collecting, Labwork/generating barcode sequences, Analysis of barcode data, Using barcode data for other applications, Organizing/managing barcoding projects

Current Project(s)

- DNA metabarcoding of soil macrofauna (within the EU-based project EcoFINDERS). Development of a reference database for soil mites, and screening of soil diversity using pyrosequencing.
- DNA barcoding of NW-European fern species