Environmental DNA (eDNA) as a tool for assessing fish biomass: A review of approaches and future considerations for resource surveys

ML Rourke, AM Fowler, JM Hughes… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA (eDNA) has revolutionized our ability to identify the presence and
distributions of terrestrial and aquatic organisms. Recent evidence suggests the …

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 …

Fishing for fish environmental DNA: Ecological applications, methodological considerations, surveying designs, and ways forward

M Yao, S Zhang, Q Lu, X Chen, SY Zhang… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Vast global declines of freshwater and marine fish diversity and population abundance pose
serious threats to both ecosystem sustainability and human livelihoods. Environmental DNA …

Predicting the fate of eDNA in the environment and implications for studying biodiversity

JB Harrison, JM Sunday… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Environmental DNA (eDNA) applications are transforming the standard of characterizing
aquatic biodiversity via the presence, location and abundance of DNA collected from …

Meta‐analysis shows that environmental DNA outperforms traditional surveys, but warrants better reporting standards

J Fediajevaite, V Priestley, R Arnold… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Decades of environmental DNA (eDNA) method application, spanning a wide variety of taxa
and habitats, has advanced our understanding of eDNA and underlined its value as a tool …

Understanding PCR processes to draw meaningful conclusions from environmental DNA studies

RP Kelly, AO Shelton, R Gallego - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
As environmental DNA (eDNA) studies have grown in popularity for use in ecological
applications, it has become clear that their results differ in significant ways from those of …

Methodology of fish eDNA and its applications in ecology and environment

S Wang, Z Yan, B Hänfling, X Zheng, P Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fish environmental DNA (eDNA) studies have made substantial progress during the past
decade, and significant advances in monitoring fishes have been gained by taking …

Prospects and challenges of environmental DNA (eDNA) monitoring in freshwater ponds

LR Harper, AS Buxton, HC Rees, K Bruce, R Brys… - Hydrobiologia, 2019 - Springer
Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis is a rapid, non-invasive, cost-efficient biodiversity
monitoring tool with enormous potential to inform aquatic conservation and management …

Beyond biodiversity: Can environmental DNA (eDNA) cut it as a population genetics tool?

CIM Adams, M Knapp, NJ Gemmell, GJ Jeunen… - Genes, 2019 - mdpi.com
Population genetic data underpin many studies of behavioral, ecological, and evolutionary
processes in wild populations and contribute to effective conservation management …

Can we manage fisheries with the inherent uncertainty from eDNA?

CL Jerde - Journal of fish biology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental (e) DNA, as a general approach in aquatic systems, seeks to connect the
presence of species' genetic material in the water and hence to infer the species' physical …