Groundwater is a hidden global keystone ecosystem

M Saccò, S Mammola, F Altermatt, R Alther… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Groundwater is a vital ecosystem of the global water cycle, hosting unique biodiversity and
providing essential services to societies. Despite being the largest unfrozen freshwater …

Measuring the state of aquatic environments using eDNA—upscaling spatial resolution of biotic indices

RC Blackman, L Carraro, F Keck… - … Transactions of the …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Aquatic macroinvertebrates, including many aquatic insect orders, are a diverse and
ecologically relevant organismal group yet they are strongly affected by anthropogenic …

Toward a national eDNA strategy for the United States

RP Kelly, DM Lodge, KN Lee, S Theroux… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA (eDNA) data make it possible to measure and monitor biodiversity at
unprecedented resolution and scale. As use‐cases multiply and scientific consensus grows …

Suspended materials affect particle size distribution and removal of environmental DNA in flowing waters

PFP Brandão-Dias, JL Tank, ED Snyder… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Environmental DNA (eDNA) in aquatic systems is a complex mixture that includes dissolved
DNA, intracellular DNA, and particle-adsorbed DNA. Information about the various …

[HTML][HTML] Transforming marine monitoring: Using eDNA metabarcoding to improve the monitoring of the Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas network

G Capurso, B Carroll, KA Stewart - Marine Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The creation of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is central to the European Union's
strategy for protecting and restoring marine environments. However, current research …

Detection of vertebrates from natural and artificial inland water bodies in a semi‐arid habitat using eDNA from filtered, swept, and sediment samples

R McDonald, PW Bateman, C Cooper… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biomonitoring is vital for establishing baseline data that is needed to identify and quantify
ecological change and to inform management and conservation activities. However …

[HTML][HTML] TICI: a taxon-independent community index for eDNA-based ecological health assessment

SP Wilkinson, AA Gault, SA Welsh, JP Smith, BO David… - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Global biodiversity is declining at an ever-increasing rate. Yet effective policies to mitigate or
reverse these declines require ecosystem condition data that are rarely available …

What is environmental DNA?

H Power, M Takahashi, S Jarman… - Environmental DNA, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
DNA collected from the environment (eDNA) can provide valuable understanding of
ecological patterns and processes. eDNA is highly physically heterogeneous, but this has …

Harnessing eDNA metabarcoding to investigate fish community composition and its seasonal changes in the Oslo fjord

CO Carvalho, W Gromstad, M Dunthorn, HE Karlsen… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
In the face of global ecosystem changes driven by anthropogenic activities, effective
biomonitoring strategies are crucial for mitigating impacts on vulnerable aquatic habitats …

A review of new and existing non-extractive techniques for monitoring marine protected areas

R McGeady, RM Runya, JSG Dooley… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Ocean biodiversity loss is being driven by several anthropogenic threats and significant
efforts are required to halt losses and promote healthy marine ecosystems. The …