Molecular ecology meets systematic conservation planning

ES Nielsen, JO Hanson, SB Carvalho, M Beger… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Integrative and proactive conservation approaches are critical to the long-term persistence
of biodiversity. Molecular data can provide important information on evolutionary processes …

The application gap: Genomics for biodiversity and ecosystem service management

M Heuertz, SB Carvalho, J Galindo, B Rinkevich… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The conservation of biodiversity from the genetic to the community levels is fundamental for
the continual provision of ecosystem services (ES), the benefits that ecosystems provide to …

To denoise or to cluster, that is not the question: optimizing pipelines for COI metabarcoding and metaphylogeography

A Antich, C Palacin, OS Wangensteen, X Turon - BMC bioinformatics, 2021 - Springer
Background The recent blooming of metabarcoding applications to biodiversity studies
comes with some relevant methodological debates. One such issue concerns the treatment …

Marine biomonitoring with eDNA: Can metabarcoding of water samples cut it as a tool for surveying benthic communities?

A Antich, C Palacín, E Cebrian, R Golo… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the marine realm, biomonitoring using environmental DNA (eDNA) of benthic
communities requires destructive direct sampling or the setting‐up of settlement structures …

Reanalysis in Earth system science: Toward terrestrial ecosystem reanalysis

R Baatz, HJ Hendricks Franssen… - Reviews of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A reanalysis is a physically consistent set of optimally merged simulated model states and
historical observational data, using data assimilation. High computational costs for modeled …

Vertical stratification of environmental DNA in the open ocean captures ecological patterns and behavior of deep‐sea fishes

O Canals, I Mendibil, M Santos… - Limnology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Establishing the foundations for a sustainable use of deep‐sea resources relies on
increasing knowledge on this inaccessible ecosystem, which is challenging with traditional …

Best practice guidelines for environmental DNA biomonitoring in Australia and New Zealand

M De Brauwer, LJ Clarke, A Chariton… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA (eDNA)‐based methods are increasingly used by government agencies
to detect pests and threatened species, and for broader biodiversity monitoring. Given rapid …

Combining environmental DNA and visual surveys can inform conservation planning for coral reefs

D Muenzel, A Bani, M De Brauwer… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has the potential to revolutionize conservation
planning by providing spatially and taxonomically comprehensive data on biodiversity and …

Environmental DNA surveys of African biodiversity: state of knowledge, challenges, and opportunities

S von der Heyden - Environmental DNA, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA surveys have become a well‐established tool for detecting natural
communities, showing excellent promise for supporting biodiversity monitoring …

Seeing through sedimented waters: environmental DNA reduces the phantom diversity of sharks and rays in turbid marine habitats

YCA Ip, JJM Chang, KKP Lim, Z Jaafar… - BMC Ecology and …, 2021 - Springer
Background Sharks and rays are some of the most threatened marine taxa due to the high
levels of bycatch and significant demand for meat and fin-related products in many Asian …