[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 …

Stochastic community assembly: does it matter in microbial ecology?

J Zhou, D Ning - Microbiology and molecular biology reviews, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Understanding the mechanisms controlling community diversity, functions, succession, and
biogeography is a central, but poorly understood, topic in ecology, particularly in microbial …

[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 …

[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 …

A social niche breadth score reveals niche range strategies of generalists and specialists

FAB von Meijenfeldt, P Hogeweg… - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - nature.com
Generalists can survive in many environments, whereas specialists are restricted to a single
environment. Although a classical concept in ecology, niche breadth has remained …

Machine learning applications in microbial ecology, human microbiome studies, and environmental monitoring

RB Ghannam, SM Techtmann - Computational and Structural …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Using soil bacterial communities to predict physico-chemical variables and soil quality

SM Hermans, HL Buckley, BS Case… - Microbiome, 2020 - Springer
Background Soil ecosystems consist of complex interactions between biological
communities and physico-chemical variables, all of which contribute to the overall quality of …

A practical guide to methods controlling false discoveries in computational biology

K Korthauer, PK Kimes, C Duvallet, A Reyes… - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Background In high-throughput studies, hundreds to millions of hypotheses are typically
tested. Statistical methods that control the false discovery rate (FDR) have emerged as …

Ecosystems monitoring powered by environmental genomics: a review of current strategies with an implementation roadmap

T Cordier, L Alonso‐Sáez… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A decade after environmental scientists integrated high‐throughput sequencing
technologies in their toolbox, the genomics‐based monitoring of anthropogenic impacts on …

Global observing needs in the deep ocean

LA Levin, BJ Bett, AR Gates, P Heimbach… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The deep ocean below 200 m water depth is the least observed, but largest habitat on our
planet by volume and area. Over 150 years of exploration has revealed that this dynamic …