How many replicates to accurately estimate fish biodiversity using environmental DNA on coral reefs?

S Stauffer, M Jucker, T Keggin, V Marques… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying fish species diversity in rich tropical marine environments remains challenging.
Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is a promising tool to face this challenge …

Maximizing fish detection with eDNA metabarcoding

C Bessey, SN Jarman, O Berry, YS Olsen… - Environmental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fish biodiversity can be measured by capturing and then sequencing free DNA present in
water. Such environmental DNA (eDNA) methods offer an effective, noninvasive tool for …

Environmental DNA metabarcoding for biodiversity monitoring of a highly diverse tropical fish community in a coral reef lagoon: Estimation of species richness and …

S Oka, H Doi, K Miyamoto, N Hanahara… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
An environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding approach has been widely used for
biodiversity monitoring of fishes, although it has rarely been applied to tropical and …

Unlocking biodiversity and conservation studies in high‐diversity environments using environmental DNA (eDNA): A test with Guianese freshwater fishes

K Cilleros, A Valentini, L Allard… - Molecular ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Determining the species compositions of local assemblages is a prerequisite to
understanding how anthropogenic disturbances affect biodiversity. However, biodiversity …

Environmental DNA biomonitoring reveals seasonal patterns in coral reef fish community structure

NP Zamani, MF Zuhdi, H Madduppa - Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2022 - Springer
Coral reef fish populations are declining due to multiple factors including habitat destruction,
overfishing, and climate change. While these can include seasonal impact, seasonal …

Comparing environmental DNA metabarcoding and underwater visual census to monitor tropical reef fishes

A Polanco Fernández, V Marques, F Fopp… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis is a revolutionary method to monitor marine
biodiversity from animal DNA traces. Examining the capacity of eDNA to provide accurate …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing environmental DNA sampling effort for fish inventories in tropical streams and rivers

I Cantera, K Cilleros, A Valentini, A Cerdan, T Dejean… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is a promising tool to estimate aquatic
biodiversity. It is based on the capture of DNA from a water sample. The sampled water …

DNA metabarcoding of mock communities highlights potential biases when assessing Neotropical fish diversity

HO Hilário, IS Mendes, N Guimarães Sales… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the increasing popularity of DNA metabarcoding in the assessment of aquatic
ecosystems using fish eDNA or ichthyoplankton, challenges have hampered its broader …

Quantification of mesocosm fish and amphibian species diversity via environmental DNA metabarcoding

NT Evans, BP Olds, MA Renshaw… - Molecular ecology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater fauna are particularly sensitive to environmental change and disturbance.
Management agencies frequently use fish and amphibian biodiversity as indicators of …

Combining sampling gear to optimally inventory species highlights the efficiency of eDNA metabarcoding

KJ Andres, TD Lambert, DM Lodge, J Andrés… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity surveys may require the use of multiple types of sampling gear to maximize the
efficiency of species detections, yet few studies have investigated how to optimally distribute …