Publications by authors named "Matthias Kloppmann"
Article Synopsis
- Quantifying the spawning biomass of fish is essential for establishing fishing quotas, which relies on accurately identifying fish eggs at the species level.
- Traditional methods like COI barcoding are time-consuming and costly, prompting the exploration of MALDI-TOF MS as a faster, cheaper alternative for species identification.
- Using a MALDI-TOF MS reference library created from previously identified fish eggs, the study achieved a 97.5% accurate identification rate for unknown samples, demonstrating the effectiveness of this method while emphasizing the need for optimizing identification scores in such analyses.
Valid fish species identification is an essential step both for fundamental science and fisheries management. The traditional identification is mainly based on external morphological diagnostic characters, leading to inconsistent results in many cases. Here, we provide a sequence reference library based on mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) for a valid identification of 93 North Atlantic fish species originating from the North Sea and adjacent waters, including many commercially exploited species.
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