Predicting the fate of eDNA in the environment and implications for studying biodiversity

JB Harrison, JM Sunday… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Environmental DNA (eDNA) applications are transforming the standard of characterizing
aquatic biodiversity via the presence, location and abundance of DNA collected from …

The multiple states of environmental DNA and what is known about their persistence in aquatic environments

Q Mauvisseau, LR Harper, M Sander… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Increased use of environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis for indirect species detection has
spurred the need to understand eDNA persistence in the environment. Understanding the …

Temperature controls eDNA persistence across physicochemical conditions in seawater

LJ McCartin, SA Vohsen, SW Ambrose… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Environmental DNA (eDNA) quantification and sequencing are emerging techniques for
assessing biodiversity in marine ecosystems. Environmental DNA can be transported by …

Uses and misuses of environmental DNA in biodiversity science and conservation

ME Cristescu, PDN Hebert - Annual Review of Ecology …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
The study of environmental DNA (eDNA) has the potential to revolutionize biodiversity
science and conservation action by enabling the census of species on a global scale in near …

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 …

Seasonality, DNA degradation and spatial heterogeneity as drivers of eDNA detection dynamics

CR Troth, MJ Sweet, J Nightingale, A Burian - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, eDNA-based assessments have evolved as valuable tools for research and
conservation. Most eDNA-based applications rely on comparisons across time or space …

[HTML][HTML] Is the detection of aquatic environmental DNA influenced by substrate type?

AS Buxton, JJ Groombridge, RA Griffiths - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The use of environmental DNA (eDNA) to assess the presence-absence of rare, cryptic or
invasive species is hindered by a poor understanding of the factors that can remove DNA …

Environmental DNA shedding and decay rates from diverse animal forms and thermal regimes

E Andruszkiewicz Allan, WG Zhang… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis from water samples is a promising new method to
identify both targeted species and whole communities of aquatic organisms. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the effects of biotic and abiotic factors on sources of aquatic environmental DNA

KA Stewart - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Analysis of environmental DNA (eDNA) offers an unprecedented ability to
accurately survey biodiversity from aquatic ecosystems. Although eDNA methods have been …

[HTML][HTML] Persistence of environmental DNA in marine systems

RA Collins, OS Wangensteen, EJ O'Gorman… - Communications …, 2018 - nature.com
As environmental DNA (eDNA) becomes an increasingly valuable resource for marine
ecosystem monitoring, understanding variation in its persistence across contrasting …