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Diatom metabarcoding and microscopic analyses from sediment samples at Lake Nam Co, Tibet: The effect of sample-size and bioinformatics on the identified communities

Ecological Indicators, 2021
Diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) are characterized by silicified cell walls that favor their long-term preservation in sediments, therefore widely used as bioindicators of present and past water conditions.
Wengang Kang, Sten Anslan, Nicole Börner, Anja Schwarz, Robin Schmidt, Sven Künzel, Patrick Rioual, Paula Echeverría-Galindo, Miguel Vences, Junbo Wang, Antje Schwalb   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

The biodiversity benefit of native forests and mixed-species plantations over monoculture plantations [PDF]

, 2019
Aim: China's Grain for Green Program (GFGP) is the largest reforestation programme in the world and has been operating since 1999. The GFGP has promoted the establishment of tree plantations over the restoration of diverse native forests.
Butterfield J., Cao S., Delang C. O., Hsieh T. C., Joshi N. A., R Core Team, Sayer J. A., Tao Y., United Nations, Wu R., Xie G.   +10 more
core   +1 more source

Soil microbial communities in restored and unrestored coastal dune ecosystems in California [PDF]

, 2020
Most restoration projects involving invasive plant eradication tend to focus on plant removal with little consideration given to how these invasives change soil microbial communities.
Barberán, A, Ender, C, Parsons, LS, Rodrigues, JLM, Sayre, J   +4 more
core  

Metagenetic analysis of patterns of distribution and diversity of marine meiobenthic eukaryotes [PDF]

, 2014
AimMeiofaunal communities that inhabit the marine benthos offer unique opportunities to simultaneously study the macroecology of numerous phyla that exhibit different life-history strategies.
Carvalho, Gary R., Creer, Simon, Fonseca, Vera G., Johnson, Harriet F., Lambshead, John D., Neill, Simon P., Nichols, Ben, Power, Deborah M., Quince, Christopher, Thomas, W. Kelley   +9 more
core   +4 more sources

A systematic review evaluating the performance of eDNA methods relative to conventional methods for biodiversity monitoring

Ecography, EarlyView.
The rapid adoption of environmental DNA (eDNA) methods has drastically changed biodiversity monitoring efforts. It is often claimed that eDNA methods are more sensitive and efficient than conventional biodiversity monitoring methods, but it is often unclear what metrics support this claim.
Nicholas J. Iacaruso, Olivia P. Reves, Sara J. Merkelz, Cassidy L. Waldrep, Mark A. Davis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

NAMERS: a purpose-built reference DNA sequence database to support applied eDNA metabarcoding [PDF]

Metabarcoding and Metagenomics
Applied eDNA metabarcoding is increasingly being considered as a tool to inform management decisions, regulations, or policy development. Because these downstream considerations are coming to the forefront of eDNA applications, optimizing workflow ...
Kristen M. Westfall, Gregory A. C. Singer, Muneesh Kaushal, Scott R. Gilmore, Nicole Fahner, Mehrdad Hajibabaei, Cathryn L. Abbott   +6 more
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Hippocampus guttulatus diet based on DNA metabarcoding

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
Seahorses are small sedentary fish considered flagship species of the conservation efforts. They are particularly vulnerable to human pressures because inhabiting threatened coastal ecosystems. Indeed, the worldwide decline of local populations in the last decades led to the inclusion of all seahorse species on the IUCN Red List, where most species ...
Lazic Tamara, Lazic Tamara, Bruno Fosso, Balech Bachir, Corriero Giuseppe, Gristina Michele, Marzano Marinella, Pesole Graziano, Pesole Graziano, Pesole Graziano, Santamaria Monica, Cataldo Pierri   +11 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Climate variability shapes the mutualistic interaction between truffle‐like ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi and a mycophagous mammal

Ecography, EarlyView.
The mutualistic interaction between truffle‐like ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi and mycophagous mammals is fundamental to forest health, supporting fungal dispersal, soil structure, nutrient cycling, and plant community dynamics worldwide. However, climate change may disrupt this mutualism in unprecedented ways by altering truffle‐like ECM sporing body ...
Emily McIntyre, Craig Nitschke, Francisco Encinas‐ Viso, Tony Mitchell, Camille Truong   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improved COI taxonomic assignment workflow enhances detection of invertebrates in environmental DNA

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, EarlyView.
Abstract Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is an increasingly popular and powerful tool in ecology, offering a non‐invasive method to assess biodiversity and monitor ecosystem health across diverse environments. While the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene is one of the most widely used markers for studying eukaryotic ...
Yuanyu Cheng, David Walsh, Joanna Gauthier, Marie‐Eve Monchamp, Daniel T. Selbie, Irene Gregory‐Eaves   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular metrics to monitor ecological status of large rivers: Implementation of diatom DNA metabarcoding in the Joint Danube Survey 4

Ecological Indicators
The Joint Danube Survey (JDS) is a regular transnational survey to monitor the quality of the Danube and its main tributaries, in accordance with the EU Water Framework Directive.
Kálmán Tapolczai, Teofana Chonova, Dana Fidlerová, Jarmila Makovinská, Demetrio Mora, Alexander Weigand, Jonas Zimmermann   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source