Applications of environmental DNA (eDNA) in ecology and conservation: opportunities, challenges and prospects

KC Beng, RT Corlett - Biodiversity and conservation, 2020 - Springer
Conserving biodiversity in the face of ever-increasing human pressure is hampered by our
lack of basic information on species occurrence, distribution, abundance, habitat …

[HTML][HTML] Past, present, and future perspectives of environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding: A systematic review in methods, monitoring, and applications of global …

KM Ruppert, RJ Kline, MS Rahman - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] DNA barcode reference libraries for the monitoring of aquatic biota in Europe: Gap-analysis and recommendations for future work

H Weigand, AJ Beermann, F Čiampor, FO Costa… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Effective identification of species using short DNA fragments (DNA barcoding and DNA
metabarcoding) requires reliable sequence reference libraries of known taxa. Both …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental DNA metabarcoding for benthic monitoring: A review of sediment sampling and DNA extraction methods

J Pawlowski, K Bruce, K Panksep, FI Aguirre… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding (parallel sequencing of DNA/RNA for
identification of whole communities within a targeted group) is revolutionizing the field of …

Meta‐analysis shows both congruence and complementarity of DNA and eDNA metabarcoding to traditional methods for biological community assessment

F Keck, RC Blackman, R Bossart… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
DNA metabarcoding is increasingly used for the assessment of aquatic communities, and
numerous studies have investigated the consistency of this technique with traditional …

[HTML][HTML] Protecting and restoring Europe's waters: An analysis of the future development needs of the Water Framework Directive

L Carvalho, EB Mackay, AC Cardoso… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is a pioneering piece of legislation that aims
to protect and enhance aquatic ecosystems and promote sustainable water use across …

[HTML][HTML] The future of biotic indices in the ecogenomic era: Integrating (e) DNA metabarcoding in biological assessment of aquatic ecosystems

J Pawlowski, M Kelly-Quinn, F Altermatt… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
The bioassessment of aquatic ecosystems is currently based on various biotic indices that
use the occurrence and/or abundance of selected taxonomic groups to define ecological …

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 …

Non‐specific amplification compromises environmental DNA metabarcoding with COI

RA Collins, J Bakker, OS Wangensteen… - Methods in Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Metabarcoding extra‐organismal DNA from environmental samples is now a key technique
in aquatic biomonitoring and ecosystem health assessment. Of critical consideration when …

[图书][B] A practical guide to DNA-based methods for biodiversity assessment.

K Bruce, RC Blackman, SJ Bourlat, M Hellström… - 2021 - repository.oceanbestpractices.org
This book represents a synthesis of knowledge and best practice in the field of DNA-based
biomonitoring at the time of writing. It has been written with end-users of molecular tools in …