Environmental DNA (eDNA) as a tool for assessing fish biomass: A review of approaches and future considerations for resource surveys

ML Rourke, AM Fowler, JM Hughes… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA (eDNA) has revolutionized our ability to identify the presence and
distributions of terrestrial and aquatic organisms. Recent evidence suggests the …

Optimised protocol for the extraction of fish DNA from freshwater sediments

G Thomson‐Laing, JD Howarth… - Freshwater …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Monitoring fish is necessary for understanding population dynamics, tracking distribution
patterns and evaluating conservation efforts. Molecular techniques targeting environmental …

Do temperature and population size structure influence the quantity of fish eDNA in water?

A Hervé, I Domaizon, JM Baudoin, T Dejean… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Various factors can influence the concentration of eDNA found in the environment and blur
the link between eDNA results and in situ fish abundances, biomasses or even occurrences …

[HTML][HTML] Habitat preference, movements and growth of giant mottled eels, Anguilla marmorata, in a small subtropical Amami-Oshima Island river

H Itakura, R Wakiya - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
Although anguillid eel populations have decreased remarkably in recent decades, few
detailed ecological studies have been conducted on tropical eels such as the giant mottled …

Contrasting riverine distribution and habitat use of the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica, and the giant mottled eel, Anguilla marmorata, in a sympatric river

K Matsushige, Y Yasutake… - Journal of Fish Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Electrofishing and visual observations revealed contrasting riverine distribution and habitat
use of the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica, and the giant mottled eel, Anguilla marmorata, in …

Development of droplet digital Polymerase Chain Reaction assays for the detection of long-finned (Anguilla dieffenbachii) and short-finned (Anguilla australis) eels in …

G Thomson-Laing, R Parai, LT Kelly, X Pochon… - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Freshwater eels are ecologically, and culturally important worldwide. The New Zealand long-
finned eel (Anguilla dieffenbachii) and short-finned eel (Anguilla australis) are apex …

Changes in the level of biofilm development significantly affect the persistence of environmental DNA in flowing water

J Zhang, L Huang, Y Wang - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
As one of the powerful tools of species biomonitoring, the utilization of environmental DNA
(eDNA) technology is progressively expanding in both scope and frequency within the field …

Ecological forensic testing: Using multiple primers for eDNA detection of marine vertebrates in an estuarine lagoon subject to anthropogenic influences

KL Chiquillo, JM Wong, JM Eirin-Lopez - Gene, 2024 - Elsevier
Many critical aquatic habitats are in close proximity to human activity (ie, adjacent to
residences, docks, marinas, etc.), and it is vital to monitor biodiversity in these and similar …

Drop it all: extraction-free detection of targeted marine species through optimized direct droplet digital PCR

M Scriver, U von Ammon, C Youngbull, X Pochon… - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Molecular biomonitoring programs increasingly use environmental DNA (eDNA) for
detecting targeted species such as marine non-indigenous species (NIS) or endangered …

Environmental influences on late-summer individual Japanese eel diel activity and space utilization patterns in a shallow western Japan brackish lake

H Itakura, Y Miyake, R Wakiya, S Kimura - Fisheries Science, 2022 - Springer
The late-summer diel activity patterns and space utilization of five Japanese eels, Anguilla
japonica, were investigated using an acoustic telemetry positioning system in a shallow …