{"id":2446,"date":"2024-06-16T11:13:37","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T09:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/?p=2446"},"modified":"2024-06-16T11:16:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T09:16:11","slug":"insect-biomass-in-the-project-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/en\/insect-biomass-in-the-project-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Insect biomass in the project areas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Biomasa-insectos-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Biomasa-insectos-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Biomasa-insectos-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Biomasa-insectos-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Biomasa-insectos-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Biomasa-insectos-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arthropods (especially insects) are frequently used as indicators of habitat quality or food availability, particularly in the study of insectivorous species such as the Dupont&#8217;s lark. Within the framework of the LIFE Connect Ricot\u00ed project, processing arthropod samples in the laboratory, obtained through pitfall traps and sweep nets, is crucial for determining biomass and diversity values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this processing, there are two fundamental processes: i) weighing the samples; and ii) preparing for massive sequencing or metabarcoding analysis, which provides information on the taxonomic composition of the samples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both processes follow a strict protocol that ensures the homogeneity of the collected data and the absence of cross-contamination between samples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to the actual processing, it is necessary to remove plant elements, soil, or stones that may affect the weight. This is done in pre-sterilized laboratory trays on which the samples are individually poured, as seen in the image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The subsequent weighing is done dry, extracting the alcohol that preserves the sample and recovering it for the subsequent preparation of the genetic sample. In this way, we obtain a homogeneous measure among samples in terms of humidity, following a widely used protocol where the amount of liquid retained at the time of weighing is the same among samples.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arthropods (especially insects) are frequently used as indicators of habitat quality or food availability, particularly in the study of insectivorous &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/en\/insect-biomass-in-the-project-areas\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Insect biomass in the project areas<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[94,88],"class_list":["post-2446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dupontslark","tag-lifeconnectricoti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2447,"href":"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446\/revisions\/2447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}