Population‐level inferences from environmental DNA—Current status and future perspectives

EE Sigsgaard, MR Jensen… - Evolutionary …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA (eDNA) extracted from water samples has recently shown potential as a
valuable source of population genetic information for aquatic macroorganisms. This …

[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 …

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 …

Nuclear eDNA estimates population allele frequencies and abundance in experimental mesocosms and field samples

KJ Andres, SA Sethi, DM Lodge, J Andrés - Molecular Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in environmental DNA (eDNA) methodologies have led to improvements in the
ability to detect species and communities in aquatic environments, yet the majority of studies …

A practical guide to sample preservation and pre‐PCR processing of aquatic environmental DNA

G Kumar, JE Eble, MR Gaither - Molecular ecology resources, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA (eDNA) is rapidly growing in popularity as a tool for community
assessments and species detection. While eDNA approaches are now widely applied, there …

Applications of environmental DNA (eDNA) in ecology and conservation: opportunities, challenges and prospects

KC Beng, RT Corlett - Biodiversity and conservation, 2020 - Springer
Conserving biodiversity in the face of ever-increasing human pressure is hampered by our
lack of basic information on species occurrence, distribution, abundance, habitat …

[HTML][HTML] Using environmental DNA to census marine fishes in a large mesocosm

RP Kelly, JA Port, KM Yamahara, LB Crowder - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The ocean is a soup of its resident species' genetic material, cast off in the forms of
metabolic waste, shed skin cells, or damaged tissue. Sampling this environmental DNA …

[HTML][HTML] The ecology of environmental DNA and implications for conservation genetics

MA Barnes, CR Turner - Conservation genetics, 2016 - Springer
Environmental DNA (eDNA) refers to the genetic material that can be extracted from bulk
environmental samples such as soil, water, and even air. The rapidly expanding study of …

Short‐term temporal variation of coastal marine eDNA

MR Jensen, EE Sigsgaard, MP Ávila… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Temporal variation in eDNA signals is increasingly explored for understanding community
ecology in aquatic habitats. Seasonal changes have been addressed using eDNA sampling …

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 …