Methodological trends and perspectives of animal dietary studies by noninvasive fecal DNA metabarcoding

H Ando, H Mukai, T Komura, T Dewi… - Environmental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fine‐scale estimation of trophic interactions is an important subject in the field of ecology.
Diet analysis based on fecal DNA metabarcoding has been accepted as a noninvasive …

Fish as predators and prey: DNA‐based assessment of their role in food webs

M Traugott, B Thalinger, C Wallinger… - Journal of Fish …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fish are both consumers and prey, and as such part of a dynamic trophic network.
Measuring how they are trophically linked, both directly and indirectly, to other species is …

Biases in bulk: DNA metabarcoding of marine communities and the methodology involved

LM van der Loos, R Nijland - Molecular Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
With the growing anthropogenic pressure on marine ecosystems, the need for efficient
monitoring of biodiversity grows stronger. DNA metabarcoding of bulk samples is …

Comparing environmental metabarcoding and trawling survey of demersal fish communities in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada

SF Afzali, H Bourdages, M Laporte, C Mérot… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity assessment is an important part of conservation management that ideally can
be accomplished with noninvasive methods without influencing the structure and functioning …

Nanopore short‐read sequencing: A quick, cost‐effective and accurate method for DNA metabarcoding

AL van der Reis, LE Beckley, MP Olivar… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dietary and predator–prey studies are more frequently relying on DNA metabarcoding
methods, typically achieving results that have a better taxonomic resolution (eg, species …

DNA metabarcoding reveals the importance of gelatinous zooplankton in the diet of Pandalus borealis, a keystone species in the Arctic

P Urban, K Præbel, S Bhat, J Dierking… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Information about the dietary composition of a species is crucial to understanding
their position and role in the food web. Increasingly, molecular approaches such as DNA …

Assessing the utility of marine filter feeders for environmental DNA (eDNA) biodiversity monitoring

GJ Jeunen, JS Cane, S Ferreira… - Molecular ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aquatic environmental DNA (eDNA) surveys are transforming how marine ecosystems are
monitored. The time‐consuming preprocessing step of active filtration, however, remains a …

Metabarcoding of stomach contents and fecal samples provide similar insights about Seaside Sparrow diet

AM Snider, A Bonisoli-Alquati, AA Pérez-Umphrey… - The Condor, 2022 - academic.oup.com
DNA metabarcoding is a popular tool for animal diet studies to address a variety of research
topics across disciplines and taxa. Despite its widespread use, there has been relatively little …

Gut bacterial communities across 12 Ensifera (Orthoptera) at different feeding habits and its prediction for the insect with contrasting feeding habits

X Zheng, Q Zhu, Z Zhou, F Wu, L Chen, Q Cao, F Shi - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Insect microbial symbioses play a critical role in insect lifecycle, and insect gut microbiome
could be influenced by many factors. Studies have shown that host diet and taxonomy have …

Gut content metabarcoding and citizen science reveal the earthworm prey of the exotic terrestrial flatworm, Obama nungara

V Roy, M Ventura, Y Fourcade, JL Justine… - European Journal of Soil …, 2022 - Elsevier
The metabarcoding of digestive contents is a powerful approach to study the diet of newly
introduced predatory species, and therefore to forecast their potential impact on native …