Investigating the effects of anthropogenic stressors on lake biota using sedimentary DNA

C Barouillet, ME Monchamp, S Bertilsson… - Freshwater …, 2023 - pub.epsilon.slu.se
Analyses of sedimentary DNA (sedDNA) have increased exponentially over the last decade
and hold great potential to study the effects of anthropogenic stressors on lake biota over …

[HTML][HTML] Pollen, macrofossils and sedaDNA reveal climate and land use impacts on Holocene mountain vegetation of the Lepontine Alps, Italy

L van Vugt, S Garcés-Pastor, E Gobet… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Both climate change and anthropogenic disturbance affect vegetation composition, but it is
difficult to separate these drivers of vegetation change from one another. A better …

High resolution ancient sedimentary DNA shows that alpine plant diversity is associated with human land use and climate change

S Garcés-Pastor, E Coissac, S Lavergne… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The European Alps are highly rich in species, but their future may be threatened by
ongoing changes in human land use and climate. Here, we reconstructed vegetation …

Environmental DNA of aquatic macrophytes: The potential for reconstructing past and present vegetation and environments

A Revéret, DP Rijal, PD Heintzman… - Freshwater …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA is increasingly being used to reconstruct past and present biodiversity
including from freshwater ecosystems. Macrophytes are especially good environmental …

Using ancient sedimentary DNA to forecast ecosystem trajectories under climate change

IG Alsos, V Boussange, DP Rijal… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Ecosystem response to climate change is complex. In order to forecast ecosystem dynamics,
we need high-quality data on changes in past species abundance that can inform process …

Erosion regime controls sediment environmental DNA‐based community reconstruction

MA Morlock, S Rodriguez‐Martinez… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Analysis of environmental DNA detected in lake sediments shows promise to
become a great paleoecological technique that can provide detailed information about …

[HTML][HTML] Human-environment interactions in the Mesolithic–The case of site Paliwodzizna 29, a lakeside site in central Poland

G Osipowicz, M Badura, T Brown, SM Hudson… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Human-environmental relations before agriculture can be revealed at archaeological sites
through multi-method palaeoenvironmental studies, particularly at sites which have both …

Sedimentary DNA for tracking the long-term changes in biodiversity

H Li, H Zhang, F Chang, Q Liu, Y Zhang, F Liu… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Understanding long-term dynamics is vitally important for explaining current biodiversity
patterns and setting conservation goals in a changing world. However, the changes in …

Life before Stonehenge: The hunter-gatherer occupation and environment of Blick Mead revealed by sedaDNA, pollen and spores

SM Hudson, B Pears, D Jacques, T Fonville, P Hughes… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The Neolithic and Bronze Age construction and habitation of the Stonehenge Landscape
has been extensively explored in previous research. However, little is known about the scale …

Sedimentary ancient DNA reveals the impact of anthropogenic land use disturbance and ecological shifts on fish community structure in small lowland lake

G Thomson-Laing, JD Howarth, J Atalah… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Freshwater fish biodiversity and abundance are decreasing globally. The drivers of decline
are primarily anthropogenic; however, the causative links between disturbances and fish …