Seamounts_Oasis_New_Caledonia_eDNA

This dataset contains eDNA MOTUs for 192 water samples collected in seamounts, continental slopes and coral reefs of New-Caledonia in 2019 and 2020. The data were collected under permits to Laurent Vigliola by the Government of New-Caledonia (permit N° 2019-733/GNC, 2020-503/GNC and 2020-1077/GNC), the Southern Province of New Caledonia (permit N° 898-2019/ARR/DENV, 3066-2019/ARR/DENV, 844-2020/ARR/DDDT and 1955-2020/ARR/DDDT) and the Northern Province of New Caledonia (permit N° 609011/2019/DEPART/JJC , 609011-18/2019/DEPART/JJC and 609011-39/2020/DEPART/JJC). Collection was performed during the SEAMOUNTS and REEF3.0 projects led by Laurent Vigliola. The data contains the outputs of the bioinformatic process as described in Baletaud et al. 2023. The metadata contains information on the sampling filters, sampling locations and associated environmental variables.