DNA barcoding of aquatic macroinvertebrates holds much promise as a tool for taxonomic
research and for providing the reliable identifications needed for water quality assessment …

Stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera) provide ecosystem services as indicators of water quality, as
food for predators, as mediators of energy flow and nutrient cycling, and through cultural …

Isogenus nubecula is a critically endangered Plecoptera species. Considered extinct in the
UK, I. nubecula was recently rediscovered (in one location of the River Dee, Wales), after 22 …

During the last years DNA barcoding has become a popular method of choice for molecular
specimen identification. Here we present a comprehensive DNA barcode library of various …

Understanding the factors that affect water quality and the ecological services provided by
freshwater ecosystems is an urgent global environmental issue. Predicting how water quality …

DNA barcoding refers to the technique of sequencing a short fragment of the mitochondrial
cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene, the “DNA barcode,” from a taxonomically …

Mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera) are
prominent representatives of aquatic macroinvertebrates, commonly used as indicator …

Background Comprehensive biotic surveys, or 'all taxon biodiversity inventories'(ATBI), have
traditionally been limited in scale or scope due to the complications surrounding specimen …

During the last few years, DNA barcoding has become an efficient method for the
identification of species. In the case of insects, most published DNA barcoding studies focus …

Background Various methods have been proposed to assign unknown specimens to known
species using their DNA barcodes, while others have focused on using genetic divergence …