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 …

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 …

Meta‐analysis shows both congruence and complementarity of DNA and eDNA metabarcoding to traditional methods for biological community assessment

F Keck, RC Blackman, R Bossart… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
DNA metabarcoding is increasingly used for the assessment of aquatic communities, and
numerous studies have investigated the consistency of this technique with traditional …

[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 …

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 …

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 …

Environmental DNA reveals quantitative patterns of fish biodiversity in large rivers despite its downstream transportation

D Pont, M Rocle, A Valentini, R Civade, P Jean… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Despite the ecological and societal importance of large rivers, fish sampling remains costly
and limited to specific habitats (eg, river banks). Using an eDNA metabarcoding approach …