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Metabarcoding: a molecular approach to explore the marine microbial community

reservedMediterranean coasts are among the most urbanized in the world, and such habitat modification poses a great threat to the health and stability of marine ecosystems.
GIRARDI, ANITA
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Environmental DNA succeeds in detecting a low‐density population of endangered harlequin frogs

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
This work evaluates the use of environmental DNA (eDNA) to detect the Critically Endangered Jambato Harlequin Frog (Atelopus ignescens)—an iconic species once thought extinct and now known only from a single locality in the Ecuadorian Andes. Our study demonstrates the effectiveness of eDNA in detecting the Jambato in a low‐density amphibian population,
Mónica I. Páez‐Vacas, Sofía Carvajal‐Endara, Natasha Baer, Christine E. Edwards, Rachel Brant, Gabriela Maldonado‐Castro, William Millingalli, Kyle E. Jaynes, Sarah W. Fitzpatrick, Mateo A. Vega‐Yánez, Amanda B. Quezada‐Riera, María del Carmen Vizcaíno‐Barba, Juan M. Guayasamin, Andrea Terán‐Valdez, Luis A. Coloma   +14 more
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Metabarcoding of Pollen Carried by Syrphids Reveals Novel Plant–Pollinator Interactions in a Protected Natural Area and Agricultural Sites

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
Using DNA metabarcoding, this study investigates pollen transported by syrphids (Syrphidae) in the Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park and agricultural sites in Northern Italy. The analysis reveals a high diversity of visited plant taxa, including previously undocumented plant–pollinator interactions.
Serena Magagnoli, Daniele Sommaggio, Claudio Ratti, Riccardo Baroncelli, Andrea Menicucci, Enrico Vettorazzo, Giovanni Burgio   +6 more
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Dietary selectivity mediates niche overlap and interspecific competition in a reedbed warbler community in southern Europe

Ibis, EarlyView.
Sympatric species are expected to use resources differently along one or more ecological dimensions. This can be complex when there is partial separation along multiple dimensions, such as where bird species exhibit similarities in habitat use and diet.
S. R. Davies, I. P. Vaughan, R. J. Thomas, P. Josa, S. Bateman Posse, W. O. C. Symondson   +5 more
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Cyanobacteria in Waterbodies of the Biggest Anthropogenic Agglomeration: Combined DNA Metabarcoding, Microscopy, and Culture Analysis

Phycology
This study describes the results of integrative analysis of cyanobacterial communities in waterbodies of Moscow, Russia. 16S rRNA V3–V4 metabarcoding and light microscopy are implemented to investigate the diversity, abundance, and distribution of ...
Elena Kezlya, Elina Mironova, Ekaterina Voyakina, Sergey Kravchenko, Andrei Mironov, Vasilii Kuzmin, Ekaterina Chernova, Anton Iurmanov, Yevhen Maltsev, Maxim Kulikovskiy   +9 more
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Diet characterisation of the endemic Golden Alpine salamander Salamandra atra aurorae (Caudata: Salamandridae) using DNA metabarcoding of stomach contents

noneGli urodeli rappresentano l'ordine di anfibi più minacciato a livello globale, evidenziando l'urgente necessità di intraprendere efficaci azioni di conservazione.
POLLI, FEDERICO
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Not all crickets are equal: selective shrike predation highlights the conservation value of diverse arthropod communities to grassland birds

Ibis, EarlyView.
Understanding dietary preferences and prey selection is pivotal for interpreting the ecology and conservation needs of threatened species. We investigated the diet composition and prey selection of the Red‐backed Shrike Lanius collurio in a montane grassland of the central Italian Apennines, with special regard to sex‐related differences and the ...
Leonardo Ancillotto, Sauro Giannerini, Matteo Bianchi, Giulia Santalmasi, Marco Zaccaroni, Tommaso Lipparelli, Matteo Annessi, Jacopo Martino, Emiliano Mori   +8 more
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Enhancing fish community monitoring at a cabled observatory by combining environmental DNA and imaging analysis

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Cabled multiparametric observatories are sustaining ecological monitoring by collecting long‐term real‐time biological and environmental data. Here, we investigated fish communities by sampling environmental DNA (eDNA) over 4 days near the multiparametric cabled video‐observatory OBSEA (Northwestern Mediterranean Sea).
Maddalena Tibone, Marco Francescangeli, Sergio Stefanni, Jacopo Aguzzi, Bernadette O'Neill, Joaquin Del Rio, Daniel Mihai Toma, Luca Mirimin   +7 more
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Genes, fish and fisheries: translating science into policy

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract The 2024 Annual Symposium of the Fisheries Society of the British Isles reviewed the burgeoning impact of ‘omics’ technologies on fish ecology, management and forecasting. As with life sciences more generally, major advances in speed, cost‐effectiveness and breadth of applications in ‘omics’ has had profound societal and environmental impacts.
Gary R. Carvalho
wiley   +1 more source

Quantitative insights into the spatio‐temporal variation of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) biomass in a river catchment using eDNA metabarcoding

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Effective species conservation and management requires comprehensive biomonitoring, enhanced by combining traditional and newer methodologies, such as environmental DNA (eDNA) analyses. A seasonal pulse of spawning adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) was detected by normalised eDNA 12S reads from metabarcoding, which facilitated estimation of ...
William Bernard Perry, Nigel Milner, Ifan Bryn Jâms, Mark de Bruyn, Steve J. Ormerod, Kristy Deiner, Holly M. Bik, Gary Carvalho, John Colbourne, Bernard Jack Cosby, Isabelle Durance, Simon Creer   +11 more
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