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 genomic revolution has fundamentally changed how we survey biodiversity on earth.
High‐throughput sequencing (“HTS”) platforms now enable the rapid sequencing of DNA …

This book represents a synthesis of knowledge and best practice in the field of DNA-based
biomonitoring at the time of writing. It has been written with end-users of molecular tools in …

Effective marine management requires comprehensive data on the status of marine
biodiversity. However, efficient methods that can document biodiversity in our oceans are …

The world is struggling to solve a devastating biodiversity loss that not only affects the
extinction of treasured species and irreplaceable genetic variation, but also jeopardizes the …

Assessment of ecological status for the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) is
based on “Biological Quality Elements”(BQEs), namely phytoplankton, benthic flora, benthic …

While in recent years environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding surveys have shown great
promise as an alternative monitoring method, the integration into existing marine monitoring …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis has successfully detected organisms in various
aquatic environments. However, there is little basic information on eDNA, including the …

A central challenge in the present era of biodiversity loss is to assess and manage human
impacts on freshwater ecosystems. Macroinvertebrates are an important group for such …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding, a technique for retrieving multispecies DNA
from environmental samples, can detect a diverse array of marine species from filtered …