Biodiversity science in China has seen rapid growth over recent decades, ranging from
baseline biodiversity studies to understanding the processes behind evolution across …

Freshwater macro‐organismic environmental DNA (eDNA) is gaining increasing popularity
in detecting invasive species, assessing community assemblages, and in map** the …

Species diversity of metazoan bulk samples can be rapidly assessed using cytochrome c
oxidase I (COI) metabarcoding. However, in some applications often only degraded DNA is …

To associate specimens identified by molecular characters to other biological knowledge,
we need reference sequences annotated by Linnaean taxonomy. In this study, we (1) report …

Freshwater ecosystems harbour a disproportionately high biodiversity relative to their area,
being also one of the most threatened ecosystem types worldwide. However, our capacity to …

The Trichoptera, or caddisflies, are traditionally split into two taxonomic subdivisions: the
'retreat‐making'Annulipalpia and the 'case‐making'Integripalpia (sensu Ross). The …

Understanding the factors that affect water quality and the ecological services provided by
freshwater ecosystems is an urgent global environmental issue. Predicting how water quality …

Although DNA barcodes-based operational taxonomic units (OTUs) are increasingly used in
earthworm research, the relative efficiency of the different methods available to delimit them …

Mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera) are
prominent representatives of aquatic macroinvertebrates, commonly used as indicator …

The extent to which the sequence and timing of important events on Earth have influenced
biological evolution through geological time is a matter of ongoing debate. In this context …