Lake sedimentary DNA research on past terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity: Overview and recommendations

E Capo, C Giguet-Covex, A Rouillard, K Nota… - Quaternary, 2021 - mdpi.com
The use of lake sedimentary DNA to track the long-term changes in both terrestrial and
aquatic biota is a rapidly advancing field in paleoecological research. Although largely …

Environmental RNA: a revolution in ecological resolution?

MC Yates, AM Derry, ME Cristescu - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2021 - cell.com
Current advancements in environmental RNA (eRNA) exploit its relatively fast turnover rate
relative to environmental DNA (eDNA) to assess 'metabolically active'or temporally/spatially …

[HTML][HTML] eDNA in subterranean ecosystems: Applications, technical aspects, and future prospects

M Saccò, MT Guzik, M van der Heyde, P Nevill… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Monitoring of biota is pivotal for the assessment and conservation of ecosystems.
Environments worldwide are being continuously and increasingly exposed to multiple …

[HTML][HTML] Applications of environmental DNA (eDNA) in agricultural systems: Current uses, limitations and future prospects

JH Kestel, DL Field, PW Bateman, NE White… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global food production, food supply chains and food security are increasingly stressed by
human population growth and loss of arable land, becoming more vulnerable to …

Experimental assessment of downstream environmental DNA patterns under variable fish biomass and river discharge rates

C Van Driessche, T Everts, S Neyrinck… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The development of environmental DNA (eDNA) methods toward implementation as a cost‐
effective, nonlethal tool for fish biomonitoring in lotic environments requires insights on the …

Integrating physiology and environmental dynamics to operationalize environmental DNA (eDNA) as a means to monitor freshwater macro‐organism abundance

MC Yates, ME Cristescu, AM Derry - Molecular Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Research has demonstrated consistent positive correlations between organism abundance
and absolute environmental DNA (eDNA) concentrations. Robust correlations in laboratory …

Detection of fish sedimentary DNA in aquatic systems: A review of methodological challenges and future opportunities

GP Huston, MLD Lopez, Y Cheng, L King… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA studies have proliferated over the last decade, with promising data
describing the diversity of organisms inhabiting aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The …

[HTML][HTML] Key factors to consider in the use of environmental DNA metabarcoding to monitor terrestrial ecological restoration

M van der Heyde, M Bunce, P Nevill - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Ecological restoration of terrestrial environments is a globally important process to combat
the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Holistic monitoring of restored biota and …

Metabarcoding read abundances of orchid mycorrhizal fungi are correlated to copy numbers estimated using ddPCR

D Wang, KB Trimbos, SIF Gomes… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying the abundances of fungi is key to understanding natural variation in mycorrhizal
communities in relation to plant ecophysiology and environmental heterogeneity. High …

Current status and topical issues on the use of eDNA-based targeted detection of rare animal species

S Duarte, L Simões, FO Costa - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Animal detection through DNA present in environmental samples (eDNA) is a valuable tool
for detecting rare species, that are difficult to observe and monitor. eDNA-based tools are …