[HTML][HTML] Aquatic environmental DNA: A review of the macro-organismal biomonitoring revolution

M Takahashi, M Saccò, JH Kestel, G Nester… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Environmental DNA (eDNA) is the fastest growing biomonitoring tool fuelled by two key
features: time efficiency and sensitivity. Technological advancements allow rapid …

Fishing for fish environmental DNA: Ecological applications, methodological considerations, surveying designs, and ways forward

M Yao, S Zhang, Q Lu, X Chen, SY Zhang… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Vast global declines of freshwater and marine fish diversity and population abundance pose
serious threats to both ecosystem sustainability and human livelihoods. Environmental DNA …

Navigating the seven challenges of taxonomic reference databases in metabarcoding analyses

F Keck, M Couton, F Altermatt - Molecular Ecology Resources, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Assessment of biodiversity using metabarcoding data, such as from bulk or environmental
DNA sampling, is becoming increasingly relevant in ecology, biodiversity sciences and …

[HTML][HTML] Assemblage-based biomonitoring of freshwater ecosystem health via multimetric indices: A critical review and suggestions for improving their applicability

RL Vadas Jr, RM Hughes, YJ Bae, MJ Baek… - Water Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Freshwater biota are more comprehensive and direct indicators of biological impacts, and
more meaningful to the public than water quality or physical habitat surrogates. Freshwater …

Advancing the protection of marine life through genomics

MJH Van Oppen, MA Coleman - PLoS Biology, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The rapid growth in genomic techniques provides the potential to transform how we protect,
manage, and conserve marine life. Further, solutions to boost the resilience of marine …

Environmental DNA metabarcoding read numbers and their variability predict species abundance, but weakly in non‐dominant species

J Skelton, A Cauvin, ME Hunter - Environmental DNA, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Metabarcoding of environmental DNA (eDNA) provides more comprehensive, efficient, and
non‐invasive sampling of biological communities than conventional methods. However …

Quantifying biodiversity using eDNA from water bodies: General principles and recommendations for sampling designs

F Altermatt, L Carraro, M Antonetti, C Albouy… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Reliable and comparable estimates of biodiversity are the foundation for understanding
ecological systems and informing policy and decision‐making, especially in an era of …

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 …

Integrating citizen science and environmental DNA metabarcoding to study biodiversity of groundwater amphipods in Switzerland

M Couton, A Studer, S Hürlemann, N Locher… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Groundwater is the physically largest freshwater ecosystem, yet one of the least explored
habitats on earth, both because of accessing difficulties and the scarcity of the organisms …

Utilizing the state of environmental DNA (eDNA) to incorporate time-scale information into eDNA analysis

TS Jo - Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis allows cost-effective and non-destructive
biomonitoring with a high detection sensitivity in terrestrial and aquatic environments …