[HTML][HTML] The future of biotic indices in the ecogenomic era: Integrating (e) DNA metabarcoding in biological assessment of aquatic ecosystems

J Pawlowski, M Kelly-Quinn, F Altermatt… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
The bioassessment of aquatic ecosystems is currently based on various biotic indices that
use the occurrence and/or abundance of selected taxonomic groups to define ecological …

Advantages and limitations of environmental DNA/RNA tools for marine biosecurity: management and surveillance of non-indigenous species

A Zaiko, X Pochon, E Garcia-Vazquez… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
To enable successful management of marine bioinvasions, timely and robust scientific
advice is required. This knowledge should inform managers and stakeholders on the …

Parasites dominate hyperdiverse soil protist communities in Neotropical rainforests

F Mahé, C de Vargas, D Bass, L Czech… - Nature ecology & …, 2017 - nature.com
High animal and plant richness in tropical rainforest communities has long intrigued
naturalists. It is unknown if similar hyperdiversity patterns are reflected at the microbial scale …

Metatranscriptomic census of active protists in soils

S Geisen, AT Tveit, IM Clark, A Richter… - The ISME …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The high numbers and diversity of protists in soil systems have long been presumed, but
their true diversity and community composition have remained largely concealed. Traditional …

Environmental monitoring: inferring the diatom index from next-generation sequencing data

JA Visco, L Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil… - … science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
Diatoms are widely used as bioindicators for the assessment of water quality in rivers and
streams. Classically, the diatom biotic indices are based on the relative abundance of …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing microscopy and DNA metabarcoding techniques for identifying cyanobacteria assemblages across hundreds of lakes

PW MacKeigan, RE Garner, MÈ Monchamp, DA Walsh… - Harmful Algae, 2022 - Elsevier
Accurately identifying the species present in an ecosystem is vital to lake managers and
successful bioassessment programs. This is particularly important when monitoring …

Protist metabarcoding and environmental biomonitoring: time for change

J Pawlowski, F Lejzerowicz… - European Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
High-throughput amplicon sequencing of environmental DNA and/or RNA proved to be a
powerful tool to describe protist diversity. This new approach called also the metabarcoding …

Perspectives from ten years of protist studies by high‐throughput metabarcoding

L Santoferrara, F Burki, S Filker… - Journal of Eukaryotic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
During the last decade, high‐throughput metabarcoding became routine for analyzing
protistan diversity and distributions in nature. Amid a multitude of exciting findings, scientists …

Effects of long‐term differential fertilization on eukaryotic microbial communities in an arable soil: a multiple barcoding approach

G Lentendu, T Wubet, A Chatzinotas… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
To understand the fine‐scale effects of changes in nutrient availability on eukaryotic soil
microorganisms communities, a multiple barcoding approach was used to analyse soil …

Is metabarcoding suitable for estuarine plankton monitoring? A comparative study with microscopy

D Abad, A Albaina, M Aguirre, A Laza-Martínez… - Marine Biology, 2016 - Springer
Metabarcoding is becoming an increasingly valuable alternative approach to biodiversity
assessment, due to the combination of extreme sensitivity and potential for the highest …