Mongabay

Testing the water: identifying marine communities through eDNA

All organisms shed traces of their biological material, which contains their unique DNA, into the environment. Researchers using a technique called metabarcoding to sequence this environmental DNA ...
EurekAlert!

One water bucket to find them all: Detecting fish, mammals, and birds from a single sample

In times of exacerbating biodiversity loss, reliable data on species occurrence are essential, in order for prompt and adequate conservation actions to be initiated. This is especially true for ...
JSTOR Daily

eDNA metabarcoding in lakes to quantify influences of landscape features and human activity on aquatic invasive species prevalence and fish community diversity

Lilian Pukk, Jeannette Kanefsky, Amanda L. Heathman, Ellen M. Weise, Lucas R. Nathan, Seth J. Herbst, Nicholas M. Sard, Kim T. Scribner, John D. Robinson Diversity ...
The Conversation

We need a bank of DNA from dirt and water to protect Australia’s environment

Simon Jarman receives funding from the CSIRO and Curtin University. He receives funding from the Australian Research Council and has received funding from the Australian Antarctic Science grants ...
Science Daily

One water bucket to find them all: Detecting fish, mammals, and birds from a single sample

In times of exacerbating biodiversity loss, reliable data on species occurrence are essential. Environmental DNA (eDNA) - DNA released from organisms into the water - is increasingly used to detect ...