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 …

Implementation options for DNA-based identification into ecological status assessment under the European Water Framework Directive

D Hering, A Borja, JI Jones, D Pont, P Boets… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Assessment of ecological status for the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) is
based on “Biological Quality Elements”(BQEs), namely phytoplankton, benthic flora, benthic …

Ecosystems monitoring powered by environmental genomics: a review of current strategies with an implementation roadmap

T Cordier, L Alonso‐Sáez… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A decade after environmental scientists integrated high‐throughput sequencing
technologies in their toolbox, the genomics‐based monitoring of anthropogenic impacts on …

The European Water Framework Directive at the age of 10: a critical review of the achievements with recommendations for the future

D Hering, A Borja, J Carstensen, L Carvalho… - Science of the total …, 2010 - Elsevier
The European Water Framework Directive (WFD), which was adopted in 2000, changed
water management in all member states of the European Union fundamentally, putting …

Stream biomonitoring using macroinvertebrates around the globe: a comparison of large-scale programs

DF Buss, DM Carlisle, TS Chon, J Culp… - Environmental …, 2015 - Springer
Water quality agencies and scientists are increasingly adopting standardized sampling
methodologies because of the challenges associated with interpreting data derived from …

[HTML][HTML] Assemblage-based biomonitoring of freshwater ecosystem health via multimetric indices: A critical review and suggestions for improving their applicability

RL Vadas Jr, RM Hughes, YJ Bae, MJ Baek… - Water Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Freshwater biota are more comprehensive and direct indicators of biological impacts, and
more meaningful to the public than water quality or physical habitat surrogates. Freshwater …

Functional traits as indicators of biodiversity response to land use changes across ecosystems and organisms

M Vandewalle, F De Bello, MP Berg, T Bolger… - Biodiversity and …, 2010 - Springer
Rigorous and widely applicable indicators of biodiversity are needed to monitor the
responses of ecosystems to global change and design effective conservation schemes …

www. freshwaterecology. info–an online tool that unifies, standardises and codifies more than 20,000 European freshwater organisms and their ecological …

A Schmidt-Kloiber, D Hering - Ecological Indicators, 2015 - Elsevier
Species' ecological preferences are progressively important for understanding distribution
patterns, for conserving biodiversity or for assessing and evaluating the status of freshwater …

Biomonitoring and bioindicators used for river ecosystems: definitions, approaches and trends

L Li, B Zheng, L Liu - Procedia environmental sciences, 2010 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present a review on concepts, current use and anticipated future directions
of biomonitoring approaches and bioindicators used for river ecosystems. Periphyton …

Assessment of European streams with diatoms, macrophytes, macroinvertebrates and fish: a comparative metric‐based analysis of organism response to stress

D Hering, RK Johnson, S Kramm, S Schmutz… - Freshwater …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Periphytic diatoms, macrophytes, benthic macroinvertebrates and fish were sampled with
standard methods in 185 streams in nine European countries to compare their response to …