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 …

[HTML][HTML] Airborne environmental DNA for terrestrial vertebrate community monitoring

C Lynggaard, MF Bertelsen, CV Jensen, MS Johnson… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Biodiversity monitoring at the community scale is a critical element of assessing and
studying species distributions, ecology, diversity, and movements, and it is key to …

Environmental DNA metabarcoding: Transforming how we survey animal and plant communities

K Deiner, HM Bik, E Mächler, M Seymour… - Molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The genomic revolution has fundamentally changed how we survey biodiversity on earth.
High‐throughput sequencing (“HTS”) platforms now enable the rapid sequencing of DNA …

Environmental DNA: What's behind the term? Clarifying the terminology and recommendations for its future use in biomonitoring

J Pawlowski, L Apothéloz‐Perret‐Gentil… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The last decade brought a spectacular development of so‐called environmental (e) DNA
studies. In general,“environmental DNA” is defined as DNA isolated from environmental …

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 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 …

Critical considerations for the application of environmental DNA methods to detect aquatic species

CS Goldberg, CR Turner, K Deiner… - Methods in ecology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Species detection using environmental DNA (eDNA) has tremendous potential for
contributing to the understanding of the ecology and conservation of aquatic species …

Next‐generation monitoring of aquatic biodiversity using environmental DNA metabarcoding

A Valentini, P Taberlet, C Miaud, R Civade… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Global biodiversity in freshwater and the oceans is declining at high rates. Reliable tools for
assessing and monitoring aquatic biodiversity, especially for rare and secretive species, are …

The ecology of environmental DNA and implications for conservation genetics

MA Barnes, CR Turner - Conservation genetics, 2016 - Springer
Environmental DNA (eDNA) refers to the genetic material that can be extracted from bulk
environmental samples such as soil, water, and even air. The rapidly expanding study of …