Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is a novel method of assessing biodiversity
wherein samples are taken from the environment via water, sediment or air from which DNA …

Vast global declines of freshwater and marine fish diversity and population abundance pose
serious threats to both ecosystem sustainability and human livelihoods. Environmental DNA …

Many ecologists have lamented the demise of natural history and have attributed this
decline to a misguided view that natural history is outdated and unscientific. Although there …

Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) is a unique jawless vertebrate among the most primitive
of all living vertebrates. This migratory fish is endangered in much of its native area due to …

Fish are both consumers and prey, and as such part of a dynamic trophic network.
Measuring how they are trophically linked, both directly and indirectly, to other species is …

The Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is one of the world's most emblematic freshwater fish.
Despite conservation and rehabilitation plans, populations of this species are dramatically …

The ecological features of invasive alien species are crucial for their effective management.
However, they are often lacking in newly invaded ecosystems. This is the case of the …

Metabarcoding of feces has revolutionized the knowledge of animal diets by providing
unprecedented resolution of consumed resources. However, it is still unclear how different …

Diverse communities of symbiotic microbes inhabit the digestive systems of vertebrates and
play a crucial role in animal health, and host diet plays a major role in shaping the …

This study investigated the feeding habits of black croaker (Atrobucca nibe) to fully
understand its role in the food web in southern coastal waters of Zhejiang, China. In total …