Environmental DNA (eDNA) is genetic material that has been shed from macroorganisms. It
has received increased attention as an indirect marker for biodiversity monitoring. This …

Vast global declines of freshwater and marine fish diversity and population abundance pose
serious threats to both ecosystem sustainability and human livelihoods. Environmental DNA …

DNA metabarcoding is increasingly used for the assessment of aquatic communities, and
numerous studies have investigated the consistency of this technique with traditional …

Decades of environmental DNA (eDNA) method application, spanning a wide variety of taxa
and habitats, has advanced our understanding of eDNA and underlined its value as a tool …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) is one of the fastest developing tools for species biomonitoring
and ecological research. However, despite substantial interest from research, commercial …

In a recent paper,“Environmental DNA: What's behind the term? Clarifying the terminology
and recommendations for its future use in biomonitoring,” Pawlowski et al. argue that the …

Marine biodiversity can be surveyed using underwater visual censuses and recently with
eDNA metabarcoding. Although a promising tool, eDNA studies have shown contrasting …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) detection methods can complement traditional biomonitoring to
yield new ecological insights in aquatic systems. However, the conceptual and …

Metabarcoding of environmental DNA is increasingly used for biodiversity assessments in
aquatic communities. The efficiency and outcome of these efforts are dependent upon either …

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 …