The application of eDNA for monitoring aquatic non-indigenous species: practical and policy considerations

VG Fonseca, PI Davison, V Creach, D Stone, D Bass… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aquatic non-indigenous species (NIS) threaten biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and the
economy worldwide. Monitoring NIS is of immediate concern to identify newly arriving …

Strengthening global-change science by integrating aeDNA with paleoecoinformatics

JW Williams, TL Spanbauer, PD Heintzman… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Ancient environmental DNA (aeDNA) data are close to enabling insights into past global-
scale biodiversity dynamics at unprecedented taxonomic extent and resolution. However …

[HTML][HTML] Encapsulated in sediments: eDNA deciphers the ecosystem history of one of the most polluted European marine sites

IB Angeles, ML Romero-Martínez, M Cavaliere… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Anthropocene is characterized by dramatic ecosystem changes driven by human
activities. The impact of these activities can be assessed by different geochemical and …

Detection of fish sedimentary DNA in aquatic systems: A review of methodological challenges and future opportunities

GP Huston, MLD Lopez, Y Cheng, L King… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA studies have proliferated over the last decade, with promising data
describing the diversity of organisms inhabiting aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The …

Deep-time paleogenomics and the limits of DNA survival

L Dalén, PD Heintzman, JD Kapp, B Shapiro - Science, 2023 - science.org
Although most ancient DNA studies have focused on the last 50,000 years, paleogenomic
approaches can now reach into the early Pleistocene, an epoch of repeated environmental …

Millennial-scale variations in Arctic sea ice are recorded in sedimentary ancient DNA of the microalga Polarella glacialis

S Harðardóttir, JS Haile, JL Ray, A Limoges… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Sea ice is a critical component of the Earth's Climate System and a unique habitat. Sea-ice
changes prior to the satellite era are poorly documented, and proxy methods are needed to …

[HTML][HTML] Decoding the Baltic Sea's past and present: a simple molecular index for ecosystem assessment

A Schmidt, J Romahn, E Andrén, A Kremp, J Kaiser… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Marginal sea ecosystems, such as the Baltic Sea, are severely affected by anthropogenic
pressures, such as climate warming, pollution, and eutrophication, which increased in the …

Taxonomic and abundance biases affect the record of marine eukaryotic plankton communities in sediment DNA archives

NL Nguyen, J Pawłowska… - Molecular Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA (e DNA) preserved in marine sediments is increasingly being used to
study past ecosystems. However, little is known about how accurately marine biodiversity is …

Complementary roles of eDNA metabarcoding and microscopy in plankton monitoring across seven habitats

X Chen, Q Wei, Y Niu, X Jiang - Journal of Plankton Research, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Plankton biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems is currently investigated by labor-intensive and
time-consuming microscope identification. Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is …

Sedimentary ancient DNA: a new paleogenomic tool for reconstructing the history of marine ecosystems

NL Nguyen, D Devendra, N Szymańska… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Sedimentary ancient DNA (seda DNA) offers a novel retrospective approach to
reconstructing the history of marine ecosystems over geological timescales. Until now, the …