Vast global declines of freshwater and marine fish diversity and population abundance pose
serious threats to both ecosystem sustainability and human livelihoods. Environmental DNA …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) is genetic material that has been shed from macroorganisms. It
has received increased attention as an indirect marker for biodiversity monitoring. This …

DNA metabarcoding is increasingly used for the assessment of aquatic communities, and
numerous studies have investigated the consistency of this technique with traditional …

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 …

Mangroves provide valuable ecological and socio-economic services. The importance of
mangroves is particularly evident in Southeast (SE) Asia where the most extensive and …

Marine biodiversity can be surveyed using underwater visual censuses and recently with
eDNA metabarcoding. Although a promising tool, eDNA studies have shown contrasting …

While many studies have considered the ability of eDNA to assess animal communities in
lacustrine settings, fewer have considered riverine systems, particularly those spanning the …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has the potential to revolutionize conservation
planning by providing spatially and taxonomically comprehensive data on biodiversity and …

In order to halt the loss of global biodiversity and considering the United Nations Decade for
Ocean Conservation Agenda, increasing efforts to improve biomonitoring programs and …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has been used to study fish diversity in various
aquatic ecosystems. However, studies on fish community structure in estuarine ecosystems …