The continuous decline in Earth's biodiversity represents a major crisis and challenge for the
21st century, and there is international political agreement to slow down or halt this decline …

Conserving biodiversity in the face of ever-increasing human pressure is hampered by our
lack of basic information on species occurrence, distribution, abundance, habitat …

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 (eDNA) has revolutionized our ability to identify the presence and
distributions of terrestrial and aquatic organisms. Recent evidence suggests the …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) applications are transforming the standard of characterizing
aquatic biodiversity via the presence, location and abundance of DNA collected from …

Despite the ecological and societal importance of large rivers, fish sampling remains costly
and limited to specific habitats (eg, river banks). Using an eDNA metabarcoding approach …

Vast global declines of freshwater and marine fish diversity and population abundance pose
serious threats to both ecosystem sustainability and human livelihoods. Environmental DNA …

Assessment of ecological status for the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) is
based on “Biological Quality Elements”(BQEs), namely phytoplankton, benthic flora, benthic …

DNA sampled from the environment (eDNA) is a useful way to uncover biodiversity patterns.
By combining a conceptual model and empirical data, we test whether eDNA transported in …

Analysis of environmental DNA (eDNA) to identify macroorganisms and biodiversity has the
potential to significantly augment spatial and temporal biological monitoring in aquatic …