Primers and adapters were trimmed using the default scoring algorithm in CLC Genomics v. 9.0 (Qiagen Inc.). Bases were trimmed on a maximum error probability of 0.01, with at most two ambiguous bases allowed and a minimum trimmed length of 50 bp. Orphaned reads were discarded. Trimmed read pairs were merged with the default merge parameters; merged reads shorter than 100 bp were discarded. See Sonsthagen et al. 2020 for additional information.
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Fecal samples were collected from ice floes, stored in plastic bags and frozen. Additional details on field techniques are available in Sonsthagen et al (2020)
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DNA was extracted using a QIAamp DNA Stool Kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA) or Qiagen Dneasy Blood and Tissue extraction kit (QIAGEN, Valencia, CA) following manufacturer’s protocol.
Methodology:
Methodology_Type: Lab
Methodology_Description:
Locus-specific primers were tailed with Illumina adaptors (P5 and P7) and indices following Nextera chemistry (Illumina, San Diego, CA). Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplifications were carried out in triplicate. Pooled PCR products were electrophoresed on a 1.5% agarose gel and gel purified using a MinElute Gel Extraction Kit (Qiagen) to ensure no primer dimers were present in the final library. Additional details on laboratory techniques are available in Sonsthagen et al (2020).
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Originator: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
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Online_Linkage: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/
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Source_Currentness_Reference: observed
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NCBI BioProject
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Information regarding sampling, biological source material, and sequences obtained in this study are publicly accessible in the NCBI BioProject database (BioProject accession number PRJNA635240).
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
Publication_Date: Unknown
Title: BioSample
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Type_of_Source_Media: digital database file
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Information regarding sampling and the biological source material used in this study are publicly accessible in the NCBI BioSample database (accession numbers provided in this data package: "walrus_metabarcodingSampleDetails_alaska_sonsthagen_2012_2018.csv").
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
Publication_Date: Unknown
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Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2020
Source_Currentness_Reference: observed
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NCBI SRA
Source_Contribution:
Raw Illumina reads are publicly accessible in the NCBI SRA database
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
Publication_Date: Unknown
Title: GenBank
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: database
Online_Linkage: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/
Type_of_Source_Media: digital database file
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Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2020
Source_Currentness_Reference: observed
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NCBI GenBank
Source_Contribution:
Sequence information is publicly accessible in the NCBI Genbank database (accession numbers provided in this data package: "walrus_metabarcodingSampleDetails_alaska_sonsthagen_2012_2018.csv")
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
Publication_Date: Unknown
Title: Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST)
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Online_Linkage: https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi
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Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2020
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Source_Contribution:
Nucleotide sequences obtained from fecal samples were queried against known sequences in NCBI GenBank using BLAST to identify Operational Taxon Units (OTU).
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Sonsthagen, S.A.
Originator: Jay, C.V.
Originator: Cornman, R.S.
Originator: Fischbach, A.S.
Originator: Grebmeier, J.M.
Originator: Talbot, S.L.
Publication_Date: 2020
Title:
DNA metabarcoding of feces to infer summer diet of Pacific walruses
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Series_Information:
Series_Name: Marine Mammal Science
Issue_Identification: 36
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: online
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Other_Citation_Details:
Sonsthagen, S.A., Jay, C.V., Cornman, R.S., Fischbach, A.S., Grebmeier, J.M., Talbot, S.L., 2020. DNA metabarcoding of feces to infer summer diet of Pacific walruses. Marine Mammal Science 36 doi:10.1111/mms.12717
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Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2020
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Source_Contribution:
Describes DNA amplification, preparation of Illumina libraries, and sequencing on MiSeq benchtop sequencer.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Nucleotide sequences obtained from fecal samples were queried against known sequences in NCBI GenBank using BLAST to identify Operational Taxon Units (OTU).
Process_Date: Unknown
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Raw Illumina reads were submitted to the NCBI Short Read Archive and 18S nucleotide sequences were submitted to the NCBI GenBank database.
Process_Date: Unknown