High‐resolution monitoring is fundamental to understand ecosystems dynamics in an era of
global change and biodiversity declines. While real‐time and automated monitoring of …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding (parallel sequencing of DNA/RNA for
identification of whole communities within a targeted group) is revolutionizing the field of …

Most animal species on Earth are insects, and recent reports suggest that their abundance is
in drastic decline. Although these reports come from a wide range of insect taxa and regions …

The last decade brought a spectacular development of so‐called environmental (e) DNA
studies. In general,“environmental DNA” is defined as DNA isolated from environmental …

Advances in nucleic acid sequencing technology have enabled expansion of our ability to
profile microbial diversity. These large datasets of taxonomic and functional diversity are key …

With the growing anthropogenic pressure on marine ecosystems, the need for efficient
monitoring of biodiversity grows stronger. DNA metabarcoding of bulk samples is …

A decade after environmental scientists integrated high‐throughput sequencing
technologies in their toolbox, the genomics‐based monitoring of anthropogenic impacts on …

Abstract Machine learning covers a large set of algorithms that can be trained to identify
patterns in data. Thanks to the increase in the amount of data and computing power …

Genomics is fast becoming a routine tool in medical diagnostics and cutting-edge
biotechnologies. Yet, its use for environmental biomonitoring is still considered a futuristic …

DNA metabarcoding is an important tool for molecular ecology. However, its effectiveness
hinges on the quality of reference sequence databases and classification parameters …