Environmental DNA metabarcoding serves as a promising method for aquatic species monitoring and management: A review focused on its workflow, applications …

M Zhang, Y Zou, S Xiao, J Hou - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
Marine and freshwater biodiversity is under threat from both natural and manmade causes.
Biological monitoring is currently a top priority for biodiversity protection. Given present …

The forensic potential of environmental DNA (eDNA) in freshwater wildlife crime investigations: From research to application

M Lewis, K Lainé, L Dawnay, D Lamont, K Scott… - Science & Justice, 2024 - Elsevier
Environmental DNA (eDNA) is widely used in biodiversity, conservation, and ecological
studies but despite its successes, similar approaches have not yet been regularly applied to …

Practical eDNA sampling methods inferred from particle size distribution and comparison of capture techniques for a Critically Endangered elasmobranch

MK Cooper, C Villacorta‐Rath, D Burrows… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA (eDNA) methods are increasingly applied in the marine environment to
identify species and community structure. To establish widely applicable eDNA techniques …

Monitoring threatened species with environmental DNA and open ecological data: Local distribution and habitat preferences of scalloped hammerhead sharks …

AM Budd, T Schils, MK Cooper, MB Lyons… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Evidence-based environmental management is urgently required to enable progress
towards global conservation commitments. To fill large-scale biodiversity knowledge gaps …

Genetic detection and a method to study the Ecology of Deadly Cubozoan Jellyfish

SJ Morrissey, DR Jerry, MJ Kingsford - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cubozoan jellyfish pose a risk of envenomation to humans and a threat to many businesses,
yet crucial gaps exist in determining threats to stakeholders and understanding their …

Developing an eDNA approach for wetland biomonitoring: Insights on technical and conventional approaches

S Bird, P Dutton, S Wilkinson, J Smith… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Wetlands are ecologically and culturally significant ecosystems that are experiencing
biodiversity declines globally. Biomonitoring techniques that use environmental DNA …

Use of eDNA to test hypotheses on the ecology of Chironex fleckeri (Cubozoa)

SJ Morrissey, DR Jerry, MJ Kingsford - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2024 - int-res.com
Considerable gaps in our understanding of cubozoan ecology exist due to challenges
associated with their detection. Environmental DNA (eDNA) removes the need for physical …

A validated and optimized environmental DNA and RNA assay to detect Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus)

MD Misutka, CN Glover, M Brush, GG Goss… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) is a salmonid fish of significant conservation value.
However, conservation efforts are hindered by a lack of fundamental information regarding …

Environmental DNA reflects spatial distribution of a rare turtle in a lentic wetland assisted colonization site

B Nordstrom, A Budd, N Mitchell, C Cornish… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation translocations require robust post‐release monitoring to evaluate their
success, which can be challenging to implement and maintain. Monitoring techniques that …

Environmental DNA evidence of the Critically Endangered smalltooth sawfish, Pristis pectinata, in historically occupied US waters

RN Lehman, GR Poulakis, RM Scharer… - Aquatic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Formerly common in tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the Critically
Endangered smalltooth sawfish, Pristis pectinata, underwent severe declines over the past …