Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) are a foundation species around the north Pacific, yet
many wild populations have experienced steep declines over the last decades associated …

This book, entitled Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments: Volume 6–
Sedimentary DNA, provides an overview of the applications of sedimentary DNA-based …

Molecular methods including metabarcoding and quantitative polymerase chain reaction
have shown promise for estimating species abundance by quantifying the concentration of …

DNA metabarcoding has developed into a commonly used tool for biodiversity assessment
and monitoring. How results from DNA metabarcoding are compared with studies based on …

Effective governance of the global ocean under accelerating environmental and social
changes depends on sufficient scientific knowledge that unravels the complexity of dynamic …

Predation by invasive species can threaten local ecosystems and economies. The European
green crab (Carcinus maenas), one of the most widespread marine invasive species, is an …

Metabarcoding analyses have been developed a lot recently because of the performance of
this technique in monitoring biodiversity. However, it is still difficult to draw precise …

The rocky reefs of British Columbia's (BC) coast are a productive ecosystem, home to 38
rockfish species (Genus: Sebastes) that are culturally and economically important …

While the utility of environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding surveys for biodiversity
monitoring continues to be demonstrated, the spatial and temporal variability of eDNA, and …

Aim Ecoregions and the distance decay in community similarity are fundamental concepts in
biogeography and conservation biology that are well supported across plants and animals …