Fishing for fish environmental DNA: Ecological applications, methodological considerations, surveying designs, and ways forward

M Yao, S Zhang, Q Lu, X Chen, SY Zhang… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Vast global declines of freshwater and marine fish diversity and population abundance pose
serious threats to both ecosystem sustainability and human livelihoods. Environmental DNA …

[HTML][HTML] Assemblage-based biomonitoring of freshwater ecosystem health via multimetric indices: A critical review and suggestions for improving their applicability

RL Vadas Jr, RM Hughes, YJ Bae, MJ Baek… - Water Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Freshwater biota are more comprehensive and direct indicators of biological impacts, and
more meaningful to the public than water quality or physical habitat surrogates. Freshwater …

[HTML][HTML] A comparison of seasonal composition and structure of fish community between environmental DNA technology and gillnetting in the Pearl River Estuary …

Z Li, P Jiang, L Wang, L Liu, M Li, K Zou - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
Non-destructive and cost-effective fish diversity monitoring approaches are needed for the
management and protection of estuarine ecosystems. Environmental DNA (eDNA) …

Spatio-temporal variability of eDNA signal and its implication for fish monitoring in lakes

A Hervé, I Domaizon, JM Baudoin, T Dejean, P Gibert… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is revolutionizing the monitoring of aquatic
biodiversity. The use of eDNA has the potential to enable non-invasive, cost-effective, time …

Evaluation of primer pairs for eDNA‐based assessment of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera across a biogeographically diverse region

J Brantschen, L Pellissier, JC Walser… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Macroinvertebrates serve as key indicators in ecological assessments of aquatic
ecosystems, where the composition and richness of their communities are indicative of …

eDNA metabarcoding as a promising conservation tool to monitor fish diversity in Beijing water systems compared with ground cages

M Shen, N Xiao, Z Zhao, N Guo, Z Luo, G Sun, J Li - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Fish diversity, an important indicator of the health of aquatic ecosystems, is declining sharply
due to water pollution, overfishing, climate change, and species invasion. For protecting fish …

Environmental DNA captures elasmobranch diversity in a temperate marine ecosystem

Z Liu, RA Collins, C Baillie, S Rainbird… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Many sharks, skates, and rays (elasmobranchs) are highly threatened by the activities of
commercial fisheries, and a clear understanding of their distributions, diversity, and …

Influence of habitat on abundance, size and growth rate of pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) 0+ juveniles in a canyon‐shaped reservoir

P Blabolil, J Peterka, M Čech… - Ecology of Freshwater …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abundance, size (standard length, LS) and growth rate of early pikeperch (Sander
lucioperca) 0+ juveniles were monitored in the epipelagic and bathypelagic layers near the …

Prospects and challenges of environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding in mangrove restoration in Southeast Asia

AKS Wee, SG Salmo Iii, K Sivakumar… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Species detection using environmental DNA (eDNA) is a biomonitoring tool that can be
widely applied to mangrove restoration and management. Compared to traditional surveys …

eDNA metabarcoding from aquatic biofilms allows studying spatial and temporal fluctuations of fish communities from Lake Geneva

SF Rivera, V Vasselon, A Bouchez… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fish communities are now studied non‐invasively using environmental DNA (eDNA)
recovered from water samples. The objective of this study is to evaluate the possibility of …