Environmental DNA reveals a multi-taxa biogeographic break across the Arabian Sea and Sea of Oman

This research was supported by a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Council of Australian-Arab Relations (CAAR) grant to JDD, AH, MB, and AM, ARC Linkage Projects (LP160100839 and LP160101508) to JDD and MB, a Curtin University Early Career Research Fellowship (ECRF) to JDD, His Majesty’s Trust Fund Strategic Research Grant (SR/AGR/FISH/18/01) to AM, and baseline research funds from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) to MLB. For logistical support in Oman, we kindly thank the Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs (collection permit number 6210/10/47), Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Wealth, Extra-Divers in Mirbat, and Ras Musandam Diver in Khasab, particularly Ali Hamed Saleh Al-Shaaili. The authors would also like to acknowledge staff and students of the TrEnD Laboratory, particularly Megan Coghlan and Adam Koziol, for DNA sequencing assistance; staff at eDNA Frontiers, particularly Rose Lines, Georgia Peverley, Tina Berry, and Shane Herbert, for DNA sequencing assistance; Adam Koziol and Katrina West for development of the CP1 and CP2 assays; Mahsa Mousavi Mousaviderazmahalleh and Georgia Nester for bioinformatic assistance; and Hugo Harrison for R scripting advice. This work was also supported by resources provided by the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre with funding from the Australian Government and the Government of Western Australia.