Environmental RNA: a revolution in ecological resolution?

MC Yates, AM Derry, ME Cristescu - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2021 - cell.com
Current advancements in environmental RNA (eRNA) exploit its relatively fast turnover rate
relative to environmental DNA (eDNA) to assess 'metabolically active'or temporally/spatially …

Pathogens and disease vectors/hosts monitoring in aquatic environments: Potential of using eDNA/eRNA based approach

M Amarasiri, T Furukawa, F Nakajima, K Sei - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Infectious diseases are spreading in to previously unreported geographical regions, and are
reappeared in regions 75 or 100 years after their last reported case, as a result of …

[HTML][HTML] Inadvertent human genomic bycatch and intentional capture raise beneficial applications and ethical concerns with environmental DNA

L Whitmore, M McCauley, JA Farrell… - Nature Ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
The field of environmental DNA (eDNA) is advancing rapidly, yet human eDNA applications
remain underutilized and underconsidered. Broader adoption of eDNA analysis will produce …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental DNA for biomonitoring

J Pawlowski, A Bonin, F Boyer, T Cordier… - Molecular …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The second series of papers concerns the use of eDNA to monitor fish diversity. We focus on
fish because they are among the most important groups of bioindicators and also because …

The promise and pitfalls of environmental DNA and RNA approaches for the monitoring of human and animal pathogens from aquatic sources

JA Farrell, L Whitmore, DJ Duffy - Bioscience, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Novel forensics-inspired molecular approaches have revolutionized species detection in the
wild and are particularly useful for tracing endangered or invasive species. These new …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative environmental RNA and DNA metabarcoding analysis of river algae and arthropods for ecological surveys and water quality assessment

K Miyata, Y Inoue, Y Amano, T Nishioka, T Nagaike… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is widely used for species analysis, while the
use of environmental RNA (eRNA) metabarcoding is more limited. We conducted …

Response mechanism of meiofaunal communities to multi-type of artificial reef habitats from the perspective of high-throughput sequencing technology

M Song, J Wang, Y Wang, R Hu, L Wang, Z Guo… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Multiple types of artificial reefs have been widely deployed in the coast of northern Yellow
Sea, which can enhance fishery resources, restore coastal habitats and improve the marine …

No evidence of light inhibition on aerobic methanotrophs in coastal sediments using eDNA and eRNA

E Broman, R Barua, D Donald, F Roth… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
It is estimated that up to half of global methane (CH4) emissions are derived from microbial
processes in aquatic ecosystems. However, it is not fully understood which factors explain …

Discovering marine biodiversity in the 21st century

AD Rogers, W Appeltans, J Assis, LT Ballance… - Advances in Marine …, 2022 - Elsevier
We review the current knowledge of the biodiversity of the ocean as well as the levels of
decline and threat for species and habitats. The lack of understanding of the distribution of …

[HTML][HTML] Salinity as a major influence on groundwater microbial communities in agricultural landscapes

T Nelson, GC Hose, J Dabovic… - Marine and Freshwater …, 2024 - CSIRO Publishing
Context Understanding the impacts of salinity on groundwater microbial communities is
imperative, because these communities influence groundwater chemistry, quality, and its …