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 …

The multiple states of environmental DNA and what is known about their persistence in aquatic environments

Q Mauvisseau, LR Harper, M Sander… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Increased use of environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis for indirect species detection has
spurred the need to understand eDNA persistence in the environment. Understanding the …

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 …

MiFish metabarcoding: a high-throughput approach for simultaneous detection of multiple fish species from environmental DNA and other samples

M Miya, RO Gotoh, T Sado - Fisheries Science, 2020 - Springer
We reviewed the current methodology and practices of the DNA metabarcoding approach
using a universal PCR primer pair MiFish, which co-amplifies a short fragment of fish DNA …

[HTML][HTML] The future of biotic indices in the ecogenomic era: Integrating (e) DNA metabarcoding in biological assessment of aquatic ecosystems

J Pawlowski, M Kelly-Quinn, F Altermatt… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
The bioassessment of aquatic ecosystems is currently based on various biotic indices that
use the occurrence and/or abundance of selected taxonomic groups to define ecological …

Environmental DNA shedding and decay rates from diverse animal forms and thermal regimes

E Andruszkiewicz Allan, WG Zhang… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis from water samples is a promising new method to
identify both targeted species and whole communities of aquatic organisms. However, the …

Persistence of environmental DNA in marine systems

RA Collins, OS Wangensteen, EJ O'Gorman… - Communications …, 2018 - nature.com
As environmental DNA (eDNA) becomes an increasingly valuable resource for marine
ecosystem monitoring, understanding variation in its persistence across contrasting …

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 …

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 …

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 …