Applications of environmental DNA (eDNA) in ecology and conservation: opportunities, challenges and prospects

KC Beng, RT Corlett - Biodiversity and conservation, 2020 - Springer
Conserving biodiversity in the face of ever-increasing human pressure is hampered by our
lack of basic information on species occurrence, distribution, abundance, habitat …

Uses and misuses of environmental DNA in biodiversity science and conservation

ME Cristescu, PDN Hebert - Annual Review of Ecology …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
The study of environmental DNA (eDNA) has the potential to revolutionize biodiversity
science and conservation action by enabling the census of species on a global scale in near …

From eDNA to citizen science: emerging tools for the early detection of invasive species

ER Larson, BM Graham, R Achury… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Biological invasions are a form of global change threatening biodiversity, ecosystem
stability, and human health, and cost government agencies billions of dollars in remediation …

Environmental DNA metabarcoding reveals local fish communities in a species-rich coastal sea

S Yamamoto, R Masuda, Y Sato, T Sado, H Araki… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has emerged as a potentially powerful tool to
assess aquatic community structures. However, the method has hitherto lacked field tests …

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 …

Inadvertent human genomic bycatch and intentional capture raise beneficial applications and ethical concerns with environmental DNA

L Whitmore, M McCauley, JA Farrell… - Nature ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
The field of environmental DNA (eDNA) is advancing rapidly, yet human eDNA applications
remain underutilized and underconsidered. Broader adoption of eDNA analysis will produce …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding reveals strong discrimination among diverse marine habitats connected by water movement

GJ Jeunen, M Knapp, HG Spencer… - Molecular Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
While in recent years environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding surveys have shown great
promise as an alternative monitoring method, the integration into existing marine monitoring …

Quantifying relative fish abundance with eDNA: a promising tool for fisheries management

A Lacoursière‐Roussel, G Côté… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Assessment and monitoring of exploited fish populations are challenged by costs, logistics
and negative impacts on target populations. These factors therefore limit large‐scale …

Species on the move around the Australian coastline: A continental‐scale review of climate‐driven species redistribution in marine systems

CR Gervais, C Champion, GT Pecl - Global change biology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Climate‐driven changes in the distribution of species are a pervasive and accelerating
impact of climate change, and despite increasing research effort in this rapidly emerging …

The sceptical optimist: challenges and perspectives for the application of environmental DNA in marine fisheries

BK Hansen, D Bekkevold, LW Clausen… - Fish and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Application of environmental DNA (e DNA) analysis has attracted the attention of
researchers, advisors and managers of living marine resources and biodiversity. The …