• Biodiversity assessment of tropical shelf eukaryotic communities via pelagic eDNA metabarcoding 

      Bakker, Judith; Wangensteen Fuentes, Owen Simon; Baillie, Charles; Buddo, Dayne; Chapman, Demian D.; Gallagher, Austin J.; Guttridge, Tristan L.; Hertler, Heidi; Mariani, Stefano (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-12-03)
      Our understanding of marine communities and their functions in an ecosystem relies on the ability to detect and monitor species distributions and abundances. Currently, the use of environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is increasingly being applied for the rapid assessment and monitoring of aquatic species. Most eDNA metabarcoding studies have either focussed on the simultaneous identification of a ...
    • Estuarine molecular bycatch as a landscape-wide biomonitoring tool 

      Mariani, Stefano; Harper, Linsey R.; Collins, Rupert A.; Baillie, Charles; Wangensteen, Owen S.; McDevitt, Allan D.; Heddell-Cowie, Morton; Genner, Martin J. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-08-13)
      Environmental DNA analysis is rapidly transforming biodiversity monitoring and bolstering conservation applications worldwide. This approach has been assisted by the development of metabarcoding PCR primers that are suited for detection of a wide range of taxa. However, little effort has gone into exploring the value of the non-target DNA sequences that are generated in every survey, but subsequently ...
    • Fishing for mammals: Landscape‐level monitoring of terrestrial and semi‐aquatic communities using eDNA from riverine systems 

      Sales, Naiara Guimaraes; McKenzie, Maisie B.; Drake, Joseph; Harper, Lynsey R.; Browett, Samuel S.; Coscia, Ilaria; Wangensteen Fuentes, Owen Simon; Baillie, Charles; Bryce, Emma; Dawson, Deborah A.; Ochu, Erinma; Hänfling, Bernd; Lawson Handley, Lori; Mariani, Stefano; Lambin, Xavier; Sutherland, Christopher; McDevitt, Allan D (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-10)
      1: Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has revolutionized biomonitoring in both marine and freshwater ecosystems. However, for semi‐aquatic and terrestrial animals, the application of this technique remains relatively untested.<p> <p>2: We first assess the efficiency of eDNA metabarcoding in detecting semi‐aquatic and terrestrial mammals in natural lotic ecosystems in the UK by comparing ...