Bioindication has become an indispensable part of water quality monitoring in most
countries of the world, with the presence and abundance of bioindicator taxa, mostly …

Aquatic ecologists face challenges in identifying the general rules of the functioning of
ecosystems. A common framework, including freshwater, marine, benthic, and pelagic …

DNA metabarcoding is increasingly used for the assessment of aquatic communities, and
numerous studies have investigated the consistency of this technique with traditional …

Assessment of biodiversity using metabarcoding data, such as from bulk or environmental
DNA sampling, is becoming increasingly relevant in ecology, biodiversity sciences and …

Abstract Analysis of environmental DNA is increasingly used to characterize ecological
communities, but the effectiveness of this approach depends on the accuracy of taxonomic …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has gained growing attention as a strategy for
monitoring biodiversity in ecology. However, taxa identifications produced through …

Our understanding on phytoplankton diversity has largely been progressing since the
publication of Hutchinson on the paradox of the plankton. In this paper, we summarise some …

Ecological assessment of lakes and rivers using benthic diatom assemblages currently
requires considerable taxonomic expertise to identify species using light microscopy. This …

Recently, several studies demonstrated the usefulness of diatom eDNA metabarcoding as
an alternative to assess the ecological quality of rivers and streams. However, the choice of …

Freshwaters face multiple environmental problems including eutrophication, acidification,
salinization, and climate-change, all of which can lead to impairment of ecosystem structure …