Applications of environmental DNA (eDNA) in ecology and conservation: opportunities, challenges and prospects

KC Beng, RT Corlett - Biodiversity and conservation, 2020 - Springer
Conserving biodiversity in the face of ever-increasing human pressure is hampered by our
lack of basic information on species occurrence, distribution, abundance, habitat …

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 …

Environmental DNA shedding and decay rates from diverse animal forms and thermal regimes

E Andruszkiewicz Allan, WG Zhang… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis from water samples is a promising new method to
identify both targeted species and whole communities of aquatic organisms. However, the …

Critical considerations for the application of environmental DNA methods to detect aquatic species

CS Goldberg, CR Turner, K Deiner… - Methods in ecology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Species detection using environmental DNA (eDNA) has tremendous potential for
contributing to the understanding of the ecology and conservation of aquatic species …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental DNA–An emerging tool in conservation for monitoring past and present biodiversity

PF Thomsen, E Willerslev - Biological conservation, 2015 - Elsevier
The continuous decline in Earth's biodiversity represents a major crisis and challenge for the
21st century, and there is international political agreement to slow down or halt this decline …

Uses and misuses of environmental DNA in biodiversity science and conservation

ME Cristescu, PDN Hebert - Annual Review of Ecology …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
The study of environmental DNA (eDNA) has the potential to revolutionize biodiversity
science and conservation action by enabling the census of species on a global scale in near …

Environmental DNA for wildlife biology and biodiversity monitoring

K Bohmann, A Evans, MTP Gilbert, GR Carvalho… - Trends in ecology & …, 2014 - cell.com
Extraction and identification of DNA from an environmental sample has proven noteworthy
recently in detecting and monitoring not only common species, but also those that are …

Quantifying effects of UV-B, temperature, and pH on eDNA degradation in aquatic microcosms

KM Strickler, AK Fremier, CS Goldberg - Biological Conservation, 2015 - Elsevier
Environmental DNA (eDNA) degradation is a primary mechanism limiting the detection of
rare species using eDNA techniques. To better understand the environmental drivers of …

The detection of aquatic animal species using environmental DNA–a review of eDNA as a survey tool in ecology

HC Rees, BC Maddison, DJ Middleditch… - Journal of applied …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Knowledge of species distribution is critical to ecological management and conservation
biology. Effective management requires the detection of populations, which can sometimes …

Quantification of environmental DNA (eDNA) shedding and decay rates for three marine fish

LM Sassoubre, KM Yamahara… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Analysis of environmental DNA (eDNA) to identify macroorganisms and biodiversity has the
potential to significantly augment spatial and temporal biological monitoring in aquatic …