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More than Meets the Eye:

Integrating ecoacoustics & eDNA to uncover the secrets of Zanzibar's coastal biodiversity 

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Location

Zanzibar, Tanzania

Funding

Seeking funders

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Years

TBD

Target 2025-28

Partners

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Marine Cultures

Chumbe Island Marine Park

For the first time in East Africa, our proposed interdisciplinary project will test and build capacity for the application of two emerging and potentially synergistic approaches to robust benthic biodiversity monitoring: environmental DNA (eDNA) and ecoacoustics.

In coastal Zanzibar, we aim to:

  • Develop combined eDNA and ecoacoustic approaches to assess reef biodiversity while minimizing cost and effort.

  • Improve DNA and sound reference libraries in the underserved Western Indian Ocean to enhance the insights derived from passive acoustic and genetic data.

  • Empower communities, resource managers, and scientists to independently obtain rigorous reef biodiversity metrics to support conservation and restoration.

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Sound Ocean Science is an international collective of marine scientists, guided by the principle of advancing marine ecology and conservation through rigorous application of the scientific method. We are a non-profit organization registered in South Africa and Canada, and work across ocean basins and borders with community partners.

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