Groundwater is a hidden global keystone ecosystem

M Saccò, S Mammola, F Altermatt, R Alther… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Groundwater is a vital ecosystem of the global water cycle, hosting unique biodiversity and
providing essential services to societies. Despite being the largest unfrozen freshwater …

Measuring the state of aquatic environments using eDNA—upscaling spatial resolution of biotic indices

RC Blackman, L Carraro, F Keck… - … Transactions of the …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Aquatic macroinvertebrates, including many aquatic insect orders, are a diverse and
ecologically relevant organismal group yet they are strongly affected by anthropogenic …

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 …

Suspended materials affect particle size distribution and removal of environmental DNA in flowing waters

PFP Brandão-Dias, JL Tank, ED Snyder… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Environmental DNA (eDNA) in aquatic systems is a complex mixture that includes dissolved
DNA, intracellular DNA, and particle-adsorbed DNA. Information about the various …

Multi-method survey rediscovers critically endangered species and strengthens Madagascar's freshwater fish conservation

C Oliveira Carvalho, M Pazirgiannidi… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Freshwater ecosystems are crucial for global biodiversity through supporting plant and
animal species and providing essential resources. These ecosystems are under significant …

Streamlining large-scale oceanic biomonitoring using passive eDNA samplers integrated into vessel's continuous pump underway seawater systems

GJ Jeunen, S Mills, S Mariani, J Treece… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Passive samplers are enabling the scaling of environmental DNA (eDNA) biomonitoring in
our oceans, by circumventing the time-consuming process of water filtration. Designing a …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing diversity and structure of freshwater fish assemblages using environmental DNA and gillnetting methods: A case study of a large deep reservoir in …

L Hao, K Gu, Y Zhou, J An, W Hu, Z Wu, J Shao… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Environmental DNA (eDNA) technology, as an alternative to traditional gillnet surveys, has
attracted widespread attention. However, comparisons between eDNA and traditional …

[HTML][HTML] Transforming marine monitoring: Using eDNA metabarcoding to improve the monitoring of the Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas network

G Capurso, B Carroll, KA Stewart - Marine Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The creation of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is central to the European Union's
strategy for protecting and restoring marine environments. However, current research …

Detection of vertebrates from natural and artificial inland water bodies in a semi‐arid habitat using eDNA from filtered, swept, and sediment samples

R McDonald, PW Bateman, C Cooper… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biomonitoring is vital for establishing baseline data that is needed to identify and quantify
ecological change and to inform management and conservation activities. However …

[HTML][HTML] TICI: a taxon-independent community index for eDNA-based ecological health assessment

SP Wilkinson, AA Gault, SA Welsh, JP Smith, BO David… - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Global biodiversity is declining at an ever-increasing rate. Yet effective policies to mitigate or
reverse these declines require ecosystem condition data that are rarely available …