Autonomous Reef Monitoring System

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Data release 001

All sampling event (meta)data for the first ARMS-M...

Analysis release 001

The bioinformatics in/output data from the analysi...

Code release 001

The codes used to analyse the species outputs from...

Quality controlled data

The quality-controlled ARMS-MBON metadata for all ...

Data Workspace

Repository where (meta)data are harvested and then...

Documentation

ARMS-MBON documentation and templates for labels, ...

Darwin Core Generator

Scripts to turn our PEMA outputs and metadata into...

Publications

Title	Description
A long-term ecological research data set from the marine genetic monitoring programme ARMS-MBON 2020-2021. In review.	Pagnier J, Allcock L, Cancio I et al (2025)
ARMS-MBON 18S rRNA and COI gene metabarcoding: scanning for non-indigenous species	Daraghmeh, N, protocols.io (2024)
Seasonality of primary production explains the richness of pioneering benthic communities	Cecchetto M, Dettai A, Gallut C, Obst M, et al, Nature Communications (2024)
Using the long-term genetic monitoring network ARMS-MBON to detect marine non-indigenous species along the European coasts	Pagnier, J., Daraghmeh, N. & Obst, M. (2025)
A long-term ecological research data set from the marine genetic monitoring programme ARMS-MBON 2018-2020. In review	Daraghmeh N, Exter K, Pagnier J, et al, Molecular Ecology Resources (In review) (2024)
Spineless and overlooked: DNA metabarcoding of autonomous reef monitoring structures reveals intra- and interspecific genetic diversity in Mediterranean invertebrates	Thomasdotter et al., Molecular Ecology Resources (2023)
European marine omics biodiversity observation network: a strategic outline for the implementation of omics approaches in ocean observation	Santi et al., Frontiers in Marine Science (2023)
Phylogeographic study using autonomous reef monitoring structures indicates fast range expansion of the invasive bryozoan Juxtacribrilina mutabilis	Martaeng et al., Hydrobiologia (2023)
Genetic methods in environmental monitoring: Early detection and monitoring of non-indigenous species based on DNA	Sundberg, P., et al., Report for the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management report, 4 (2022)
Artificial Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) providing insights on hard substrate biodiversity and community structure of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea	Pavloudi, C., et al., Poster presenting the ARMS-MBON project, ARPHA Conference Abstracts (Pensoft Publishers), 4 (2021)
Genomics Observatory use-case: the challenge to standardise image and sequence data to Darwin Core format	Exter, K., et al. Presentation at an online conference of the Biodiversity Information Science and Standards, 4 (2020)
A Marine Biodiversity Observation Network for Genetic Monitoring of Hard-Bottom Communities (ARMS-MBON)	Obst, M., et al. An introductions to the ARMS-MBON project: its aims, its data, its network, its science. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7 (2020)
Artificial Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) providing insights on the marine biodiversity and community structure	Pavloudi, C., et al. Poster presenting the ARMS-MBON project (2019)