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Authors
Albaina, Aitor https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3353-6090
Lanzen, Anders
Rodríguez-Ezpeleta, Naiara
Mendibil, Iñaki
Aldanondo, Naroa
Cotano, Unai
Langa, Jorge
Alvarez, Paula
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Spanish National Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation (CTM2015-66676-C2-2-R)
Eusko Jaurlaritza (GENGES)
Universidad del País Vasco
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Article History
Received: 14 August 2024
Revised: 7 August 2025
Accepted: 11 August 2025
First Online: 18 September 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All applicable international, national and/or institutional guidelines for animal testing, animal care and use of animals were followed by the authors.
: All necessary permits for sampling and observational field studies have been obtained by the authors from the competent authorities. The study is compliant with CBD and Nagoya protocols.
: Read counts following taxonomic assignment and bioinformatics filtering are available as a Supplementary file. Raw data (DNA sequences) are available in the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) under the BioProject PRJEB78619 ().
: PA, UC, NRE and NA conceived and designed research including field sampling of hake larvae and zooplankton samples. IM performed the DNA extraction and miniCOI metabarcoding of both larvae and zooplankton samples. AL and JL ran the bioinformatics analyses. AA performed the taxonomic identification of zooplankton samples under the stereomicroscope. AA analyzed data and wrote the manuscript. All authors read and approved the manuscript.
