Aquatic non-indigenous species (NIS) threaten biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and the
economy worldwide. Monitoring NIS is of immediate concern to identify newly arriving …

Environmental DNA studies have proliferated over the last decade, with promising data
describing the diversity of organisms inhabiting aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The …

Monitoring fish is necessary for understanding population dynamics, tracking distribution
patterns and evaluating conservation efforts. Molecular techniques targeting environmental …

Sedimentary ancient DNA (seda DNA) offers a novel retrospective approach to
reconstructing the history of marine ecosystems over geological timescales. Until now, the …

Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) is a salmonid fish of significant conservation value.
However, conservation efforts are hindered by a lack of fundamental information regarding …

Copepods play a key trophic role as secondary producers, transferring primary production to
higher trophic levels such as fish. Copepod production contributes significantly to successful …

Human interaction with marine creatures holds both positive and negative dimensions.
Coastal communities benefit from marine environments, relying on them for sustenance and …

A clean and adequate supply of drinking water is essential to life and good health. However,
despite the risk of biologically derived contamination of drinking water, monitoring of …

Underwater sediments are a natural archive of biological information. Reconstruction of past
fauna has been conducted for various taxonomic groups using morphological remains and …

The analysis of eukaryotic environmental DNA (eDNA) in sediment has the potential for
understanding past ecosystems, even for taxa lacking skeletons or preserved only as a part …