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 …

Towards exhaustive community ecology via DNA metabarcoding

GF Ficetola, P Taberlet - Molecular Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Exhaustive biodiversity data, covering all the taxa in an environment, would be fundamental
to understand how global changes influence organisms living at different trophic levels, and …

Quantifying biodiversity using eDNA from water bodies: General principles and recommendations for sampling designs

F Altermatt, L Carraro, M Antonetti, C Albouy… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Reliable and comparable estimates of biodiversity are the foundation for understanding
ecological systems and informing policy and decision‐making, especially in an era of …

Optimising sampling and analysis protocols in environmental DNA studies

A Buxton, E Matechou, J Griffin, A Diana… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Ecological surveys risk incurring false negative and false positive detections of the target
species. With indirect survey methods, such as environmental DNA, such error can occur at …

The application of eDNA for monitoring aquatic non-indigenous species: practical and policy considerations

VG Fonseca, PI Davison, V Creach, D Stone, D Bass… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aquatic non-indigenous species (NIS) threaten biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and the
economy worldwide. Monitoring NIS is of immediate concern to identify newly arriving …

Detecting and analysing intraspecific genetic variation with eDNA: From population genetics to species abundance

KJ Andres, DM Lodge, SA Sethi, J Andrés - Molecular Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Advancements in environmental DNA (eDNA) approaches have allowed for rapid and
efficient species detections in diverse environments. Although most eDNA research is …

Utilizing the state of environmental DNA (eDNA) to incorporate time-scale information into eDNA analysis

TS Jo - Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis allows cost-effective and non-destructive
biomonitoring with a high detection sensitivity in terrestrial and aquatic environments …

Sorting states of environmental DNA: Effects of isolation method and water matrix on the recovery of membrane‐bound, dissolved, and adsorbed states of eDNA

A Kirtane, H Kleyer, K Deiner - Environmental DNA, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA (eDNA) once shed can exist in numerous states with varying behaviors
including degradation rates and transport potential. In this study, we consider three states of …

Detection and population genomics of sea turtle species via noninvasive environmental DNA analysis of nesting beach sand tracks and oceanic water

JA Farrell, L Whitmore, N Mashkour… - Molecular Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Elusive aquatic wildlife, such as endangered sea turtles, are difficult to monitor and
conserve. As novel molecular and genetic technologies develop, it is possible to adapt and …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental DNA metabarcoding for fish diversity assessment in a macrotidal estuary: a comparison with established fish survey methods

TI Gibson, G Carvalho, A Ellison, E Gargiulo… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fishes are a dominant component of the macrofauna in estuaries and are important for
assessing the health of these threatened ecosystems. Several studies have applied …