Conserving biodiversity in the face of ever-increasing human pressure is hampered by our
lack of basic information on species occurrence, distribution, abundance, habitat …

Coastal countries have traditionally relied on the existing marine resources (eg, fishing,
food, transport, recreation, and tourism) as well as tried to support new economic endeavors …

Purpose This review of sediment source fingerprinting assesses the current state-of-the-art,
remaining challenges and emerging themes. It combines inputs from international scientists …

Environmental DNA analysis has emerged as a key component of biodiversity and
environmental monitoring. However, the state and fate of eDNA in natural environments is …

Rapidly assessing biodiversity is essential for environmental monitoring; however,
traditional approaches are limited in the scope needed for most ecological systems …

As an alternative/supplement to conventional biodiversity survey methods, environmental
DNA (eDNA) analysis has developed rapidly during the past decade, and is widely used for …

Multiple studies have demonstrated environmental (e) DNA detections of rare and invasive
species. However, invasive species managers struggle with using eDNA results because …

Microscopic organisms are often overlooked in traditional diversity assessments due to the
difficulty of identifying them based on morphology. Metabarcoding is a method for rapidly …

Current approaches to ecological assessment are limited by the traditional morpho-
taxonomic methods presently employed and the inability to meet increasing demands for …

Novel forensics-inspired molecular approaches have revolutionized species detection in the
wild and are particularly useful for tracing endangered or invasive species. These new …