• An urban Blitz with a twist: rapid biodiversity assessment using aquatic environmental DNA 

      Hupało, Kamil; Majaneva, Markus; Czachur, Molly Victoria; Sire, Lucas; Marquina, Daniel; Lijtmaer, Darío A.; Ivanov, Vladislav; Leidenberger, Sonja; Čiampor, Fedor; Čiamporová-Zat'ovičová, Zuzana; Mendes, Izabela S.; Desiderato, Andrea; Topstad, Lasse; Meganck, Kenny; Hariz Z. A., Danial; Kjærstad, Gaute; Lin, Xiao-Long; Price, Benjamin; Stevens, Mark; Ekrem, Torbjørn; Deiner, Kristy (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-24)
      As global biodiversity declines, there is an increasing need to create an educated and engaged society. Having people of all ages participate in measuring biodiversity where they live helps to create awareness. Recently, the use of environmental DNA (eDNA) for biodiversity surveys has gained momentum. Here, we explore whether sampling eDNA and sequencing it can be used as a means of rapidly surveying ...