Measuring the state of aquatic environments using eDNA—upscaling spatial resolution of biotic indices

RC Blackman, L Carraro, F Keck… - … Transactions of the …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Aquatic macroinvertebrates, including many aquatic insect orders, are a diverse and
ecologically relevant organismal group yet they are strongly affected by anthropogenic …

A new flow path: eDNA connecting hydrology and biology

DR URycki, AA Kirtane, R Aronoff… - Wiley …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA (eDNA) has revolutionized ecological research, particularly for
biodiversity assessment in various environments, most notably aquatic media …

Towards a toolkit for global insect biodiversity monitoring

R Van Klink, JK Sheard, TT Høye… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Insects are the most diverse group of animals on Earth, yet our knowledge of their diversity,
ecology and population trends remains abysmally poor. Four major technological …

Modelling environmental DNA transport in rivers reveals highly resolved spatio-temporal biodiversity patterns

L Carraro, RC Blackman, F Altermatt - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The ever-increasing threats to riverine ecosystems call for novel approaches for highly
resolved biodiversity assessments across taxonomic groups and spatio-temporal scales …

Environmental DNA, hydrochemistry and stable water isotopes as integrative tracers of urban ecohydrology

MM Warter, D Tetzlaff, AM Ring, J Christopher… - Water research, 2024 - Elsevier
Urbanization and the persistent environmental changes present a major challenge for urban
freshwaters and availability of water for humans and wildlife. In order to increase …

eProbe: Sampling of Environmental DNA within Tree Canopies with Drones

S Kirchgeorg, JJM Chang, YCA Ip… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis is a powerful tool for studying biodiversity in forests
and tree canopies. However, collecting representative eDNA samples from these high and …

Fishing eDNA in One of the World's Largest Rivers: A Case Study of Cross-Sectional and Depth Profile Sampling in the Yangtze

Y Zhang, X Zhang, F Li, F Altermatt - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The world's largest rivers are home to diverse, endemic, and threatened fish species.
However, their sheer sizes make large-scale biomonitoring challenging. While …

eDITH: An R‐package to spatially project eDNA‐based biodiversity across river networks with minimal prior information

L Carraro, F Altermatt - Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological and ecosystem monitoring is rapidly shifting towards using environmental DNA
(eDNA) data, particularly in aquatic systems. This approach enables a combined coverage …

River benthic macroinvertebrates and environmental DNA metabarcoding: a scoping review of eDNA sampling, extraction, amplification and sequencing methods

A Vourka, I Karaouzas, A Parmakelis - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2023 - Springer
There is a growing body of literature on the use of molecular methods for the ecological
assessment of rivers based on benthic macroinvertebrates. Previous research has …

Scanning amplicons with CRISPR‐Dx detects endangered amphibians in environmental DNA

F Leugger, M Schmidlin, M Lüthi… - Molecular Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
More efficient methods for extensive biodiversity monitoring are required to support rapid
measures to address the biodiversity crisis. While environmental DNA (eDNA) …