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 …

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 …

[BOOK][B] Environmental DNA: For biodiversity research and monitoring

P Taberlet, A Bonin, L Zinger, E Coissac - 2018 - books.google.com
Environmental DNA (eDNA) refers to DNA that can be extracted from environmental
samples (such as soil, water, feces, or air) without the prior isolation of any target organism …

Environmental DNA metabarcoding: A novel method for biodiversity monitoring of marine fish communities

M Miya - Annual Review of Marine Science, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Environmental DNA (eDNA) is genetic material that has been shed from macroorganisms. It
has received increased attention as an indirect marker for biodiversity monitoring. This …

Environmental DNA reveals seasonal shifts and potential interactions in a marine community

A Djurhuus, CJ Closek, RP Kelly, KJ Pitz… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis allows the simultaneous examination of organisms
across multiple trophic levels and domains of life, providing critical information about the …

Validation and development of COI metabarcoding primers for freshwater macroinvertebrate bioassessment

V Elbrecht, F Leese - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
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 …

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 …

Scaling up: A guide to high‐throughput genomic approaches for biodiversity analysis

TM Porter, M Hajibabaei - Molecular ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this review is to present the most common and emerging DNA‐based
methods used to generate data for biodiversity and biomonitoring studies. As environmental …

Assessing strengths and weaknesses of DNA metabarcoding‐based macroinvertebrate identification for routine stream monitoring

V Elbrecht, EE Vamos, K Meissner… - Methods in Ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
DNA metabarcoding holds great promise for the assessment of macroinvertebrates in
stream ecosystems. However, few large‐scale studies have compared the performance of …

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 …