Environmental DNA metabarcoding data from Marina di Camerota coast (Italy) based on citizen science sampling

This dataset includes the annotated metabarcoding Amplicon Sequence Variants (ASVs) resulting from the analysis of environmental DNA (eDNA) collected as water samples in the area of Marina di Camerota (Campania region, Italy) and filtered in loco by citizens. 

The first sheet includes sequence information, relative abundance and taxonomic annotation of the organisms identified using the hypervariable region V4 of the nuclear 18S rRNA; the second sheet includes the same information but for organisms (metazoans) identified using a fragment of the mitochondrial COI gene. Data were sequenced at the Sequencing facility of the SZN (RIMAR Dept.) using the GeneStudio S5 and processed through the dada2 pipeline.

The dataset was produced during the Citizen Science Initiative Integrating biodiversity monitoring and awareness-raising in coastal peripheries, by engaging citizen-science sailors as focal nodes in the process of local community empowerment (Acronym: BIOMARCS; Nickname: Reknotting Marine Biodiversity) funded by the European project IMPETUS (https://impetus4cs.eu/; Grant agreement ID: 101058677; DOI: 10.3030/101058677). 

IMPETUS is funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 101058677. Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.