Monitoring marine mammal populations is a key component for assessing population status
according to both national and international legislations. Traditional monitoring methods …

All species inevitably leave genetic traces in their environments, and the resulting
environmental DNA (eDNA) reflects the species present in a given habitat. It remains …

Highlights•Standardized sampling, sequencing, analysis and data can help reveal global
patterns.•Bioinformatics analyses are being accelerated by workflows, containers and the …

Knowing how animals adapt their phenotype to local temperature and humidity is key to
understanding not only ecogeographical rules, but also how species will manage climate …

Analysing environmental DNA (eDNA) in seawater can aid in monitoring marine fish
populations. However, the extent to which current methods optimize fish eDNA detection …

Biomonitoring surveys make use of metabarcoding tools to describe the community
composition. These studies match their sequencing results against public genomic …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) is an increasingly useful method for detecting pelagic animals
in the ocean but typically requires large water volumes to sample diverse assemblages …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) is increasingly used to detect animals in aquatic habitats, but
uncertainty remains about the relationship between the present location of an animal …

Environmental managers need a rapid and cost‐effective monitoring tool for tracking the
spread of invasive species, particularly at the onset of introduction. The macroalgae …

The global marine ecosystem is changing rapidly as the result of biogeochemical cycles and
ecosystem structure being altered by industrial civilization. Invasive marine species (IMS) …