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 …

Systematic review of marine environmental DNA metabarcoding studies: toward best practices for data usability and accessibility

MM Shea, J Kuppermann, MP Rogers, DS Smith… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
The emerging field of environmental DNA (eDNA) research lacks universal guidelines for
ensuring data produced are FAIR–findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable–despite …

Toward a national eDNA strategy for the United States

RP Kelly, DM Lodge, KN Lee, S Theroux… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA (eDNA) data make it possible to measure and monitor biodiversity at
unprecedented resolution and scale. As use‐cases multiply and scientific consensus grows …

Three steps towards comparability and standardization among molecular methods for characterizing insect communities

E Iwaszkiewicz-Eggebrecht… - … Transactions of the …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Molecular methods are currently some of the best-suited technologies for implementation in
insect monitoring. However, the field is developing rapidly and lacks agreement on …

A bibliometric review on the Water Framework Directive twenty years after its birth

D Copetti, S Erba - Ambio, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) is one of the most studied
environmental legislations and recently turned twenty. The paper deals with a literature …

Critical considerations for communicating environmental DNA science

ED Stein, CL Jerde, EA Allan, AJ Sepulveda… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The economic and methodological efficiencies of environmental DNA (eDNA) based survey
approaches provide an unprecedented opportunity to assess and monitor aquatic …

[HTML][HTML] No support for using brown trout as an indicator species for ecological impacts of low flow in Swedish rivers

M Elenius, E Uzeirbegovic, J Näslund… - Environmental and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The impact of low flows on riverine ecology in Sweden is not fully understood. Recent
summer droughts, along with their regionally projected increase, together demonstrate the …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of databases enrichment using local macroinvertebrate genetic references for metabarcoding based biodiversity studies in river monitoring

Á Fueyo, O Sánchez, R Coya, C Carleos, A Escudero… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Water resources play a vital role in sustaining ecosystems, human life, food security, and
biodiversity. However, these resources currently face serious threats caused primarily by …

Adoption of environmental DNA in public agency practice

KN Lee, RP Kelly, E Demir‐Hilton… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis has matured to the point that it is ready for deployment
in many applications, particularly in aquatic environments. But public agencies have yet to …

[HTML][HTML] Applying environmental DNA approaches to inform marine biodiversity conservation: The case of the Ocean Twilight Zone

N Yang, D Jin, AF Govindarajan - Marine Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Effective governance of the global ocean under accelerating environmental and social
changes depends on sufficient scientific knowledge that unravels the complexity of dynamic …