A review on the applications and recent advances in environmental DNA (eDNA) metagenomics

D Garlapati, B Charankumar, K Ramu… - … Science and Bio …, 2019‏ - Springer
Progressions accomplished in the field of molecular biology amid the most recent decade
has changed the way in which we contemplate biodiversity on earth. Together with the …

Systematic review of marine environmental DNA metabarcoding studies: toward best practices for data usability and accessibility

MM Shea, J Kuppermann, MP Rogers, DS Smith… - PeerJ, 2023‏ - peerj.com
The emerging field of environmental DNA (eDNA) research lacks universal guidelines for
ensuring data produced are FAIR–findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable–despite …

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 …

Drone-assisted collection of environmental DNA from tree branches for biodiversity monitoring

E Aucone, S Kirchgeorg, A Valentini, L Pellissier… - Science robotics, 2023‏ - science.org
The protection and restoration of the biosphere is crucial for human resilience and well-
being, but the scarcity of data on the status and distribution of biodiversity puts these efforts …

Understanding PCR processes to draw meaningful conclusions from environmental DNA studies

RP Kelly, AO Shelton, R Gallego - Scientific reports, 2019‏ - nature.com
As environmental DNA (eDNA) studies have grown in popularity for use in ecological
applications, it has become clear that their results differ in significant ways from those of …

MIDORI2: A collection of quality controlled, preformatted, and regularly updated reference databases for taxonomic assignment of eukaryotic mitochondrial sequences

M Leray, N Knowlton, RJ Machida - Environmental Dna, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Analysis of environmental DNA is increasingly used to characterize ecological
communities, but the effectiveness of this approach depends on the accuracy of taxonomic …

Towards an urban marine ecology: characterizing the drivers, patterns and processes of marine ecosystems in coastal cities

PA Todd, EC Heery, LHL Loke, RH Thurstan, DJ Kotze… - Oikos, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Human population density within 100 km of the sea is approximately three times higher than
the global average. People in this zone are concentrated in coastal cities that are hubs for …

Concentrations of environmental DNA (eDNA) reflect spawning salmon abundance at fine spatial and temporal scales

MD Tillotson, RP Kelly, JJ Duda, M Hoy, J Kralj… - Biological …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Develo** fast, cost-effective assessments of wild animal abundance is an important goal
for many researchers, and environmental DNA (eDNA) holds much promise for this purpose …

eDNA metabarcoding as a biomonitoring tool for marine protected areas

Z Gold, J Sprague, DJ Kushner, E Zerecero Marin… - PLoS …, 2021‏ - journals.plos.org
Monitoring of marine protected areas (MPAs) is critical for marine ecosystem management,
yet current protocols rely on SCUBA-based visual surveys that are costly and time …

Biomonitoring of marine vertebrates in Monterey Bay using eDNA metabarcoding

EA Andruszkiewicz, HA Starks, FP Chavez… - PLoS …, 2017‏ - journals.plos.org
Molecular analysis of environmental DNA (eDNA) can be used to assess vertebrate
biodiversity in aquatic systems, but limited work has applied eDNA technologies to marine …