Environmental DNA methods for ecological monitoring and biodiversity assessment in estuaries

RP Nagarajan, M Bedwell, AE Holmes, T Sanches… - Estuaries and …, 2022 - Springer
Environmental DNA (eDNA) detection methods can complement traditional biomonitoring to
yield new ecological insights in aquatic systems. However, the conceptual and …

Systematic review and meta‐analysis: Water type and temperature affect environmental DNA decay

PD Lamb, VG Fonseca, DL Maxwell… - Molecular Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA (eDNA) has been used in a variety of ecological studies and
management applications. The rate at which eDNA decays has been widely studied but at …

Environmental DNA shedding and decay rates from diverse animal forms and thermal regimes

E Andruszkiewicz Allan, WG Zhang… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis from water samples is a promising new method to
identify both targeted species and whole communities of aquatic organisms. However, the …

Trawl and eDNA assessment of marine fish diversity, seasonality, and relative abundance in coastal New Jersey, USA

MY Stoeckle, J Adolf, Z Charlop-Powers… - ICES Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Environmental DNA (eDNA) technology potentially improves the monitoring of marine fish
populations. Realizing this promise awaits better understanding of how eDNA relates to fish …

eDNA metabarcoding as a biomonitoring tool for marine protected areas

Z Gold, J Sprague, DJ Kushner, E Zerecero Marin… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Monitoring of marine protected areas (MPAs) is critical for marine ecosystem management,
yet current protocols rely on SCUBA-based visual surveys that are costly and time …

Calibrating environmental DNA metabarcoding to conventional surveys for measuring fish species richness

ME McElroy, TL Dressler, GC Titcomb… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The ability to properly identify species present in a landscape is foundational to ecology and
essential for natural resource management and conservation. However, many species are …

High stream flows dilute environmental DNA (eDNA) concentrations and reduce detectability

AN Curtis, JS Tiemann, SA Douglass… - Diversity and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim Environmental DNA (eDNA) is a rapidly emerging methodology with important
applications to environmental management and conservation. However, the effects of …

Integrating eDNA metabarcoding and simultaneous underwater visual surveys to describe complex fish communities in a marine biodiversity hotspot

T Valdivia‐Carrillo, A Rocha‐Olivares… - Molecular Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Marine biodiversity can be surveyed using underwater visual censuses and recently with
eDNA metabarcoding. Although a promising tool, eDNA studies have shown contrasting …

One size does not fit all: Tuning eDNA protocols for high‐and low‐turbidity water sampling

G Kumar, E Farrell, AM Reaume, JA Eble… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Findings from eDNA metabarcoding are strongly influenced by experimental approach, yet
the effect of pre‐PCR sample processing on taxon detection and estimates of biodiversity …

Marine vertebrate biodiversity and distribution within the central California Current using environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding and ecosystem surveys

CJ Closek, JA Santora, HA Starks… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is a new approach for assessing marine
biodiversity that may overcome challenges of traditional monitoring and complement both …