• Distinct latitudinal community patterns of Arctic marine vertebrates along the East Greenlandic coast detected by environmental DNA 

      Jensen, Mads Reinholdt; Høgslund, Signe; Knudsen, Steen Wilhelm; Nielsen, Julius; Møller, Peter Daniel Rask; Rysgaard, Søren; Thomsen, Philip Francis (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-12-20)
      Aim: Greenland is one of the places on Earth where the effects of climate change are most evident. The retreat of sea ice has made East Greenland more accessible for longer periods during the year. East Greenland fjords have been notoriously difficult to study due to their remoteness, dense sea ice conditions and lack of infrastructure. As a result, biological monitoring across latitudinal gradients ...
    • Environmental DNA metabarcoding reveals seasonal and spatial variation in the vertebrate fauna of Ilulissat Icefjord, Greenland 

      Schiøtt, Sascha; Jensen, Mads Reinholdt; Sigsgaard, Eva Egelyng; Møller, Peter Daniel Rask; Thomsen, Philip Francis; Rysgaard, Søren; de Paula Avila, Marcelo (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-02-23)
      Ilulissat Icefjord in Greenland is experiencing the effects of climate change, with the Sermeq Kujalleq glacier being one of the fastest-moving and most productive ice streams in Greenland. This is likely affecting the distribution of species in the fjord, including those important to local fisheries. Due to heavy ice conditions, few studies on environmental and ecological conditions exist from ...
    • The Future of DNA Barcoding: Reflections from Early Career Researchers 

      Grant, Danielle M.; Brodnicke, Ole Bjørn; Evankow, Ann; Ferreira, André O.; Fontes, João T.; Hansen, Aslak Kappel; Jensen, Mads Reinholdt; Kalaycı, Tuğba Ergül; Leeper, Alexandra Eve Joyce; Patil, Shalaka Kiran; Prati, Sebastian; Reunamo, Anna; Roberts, Aradhana J; Shigdel, Rajesh; Tyukosova, Valentina; Bendiksby, Mika; Blaalid, Rakel; Costa, Filipe O.; Hollingsworth, Peter M.; Stur, Elisabeth; Ekrem, Torbjørn (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-07-09)
      Over the last two decades, the use of DNA barcodes has transformed our ability to identify and assess life on our planet. Both strengths and weaknesses of the method have been exemplified through thousands of peer-reviewed scientific articles. Given the novel sequencing approaches, currently capable of generating millions of reads at low cost, we reflect on the questions: What will the future bring ...
    • A National Scale “BioBlitz” Using Citizen Science and eDNA Metabarcoding for Monitoring Coastal Marine Fish 

      Agersnap, Sune; Sigsgaard, Eva Egelyng; Jensen, Mads Reinholdt; Ávila, Marcelo De Paula; Carl, Henrik; Møller, Peter Rask; Krøs, Simon Leed; Knudsen, Steen Wilhelm; Wisz, Mary S.; Thomsen, Philip Francis (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-28)
      Marine biodiversity is threatened by human activities. To understand the changes happening in aquatic ecosystems and to inform management, detailed, synoptic monitoring of biodiversity across large spatial extents is needed. Such monitoring is challenging due to the time, cost, and specialized skills that this typically requires. In an unprecedented study, we combined citizen science with eDNA ...
    • Short-term temporal variation of coastal marine eDNA 

      Jensen, Mads Reinholdt; Sigsgaard, Eva Egelyng; Ávila, Marcelo De Paula; Agersnap, Sune; Brenner-Larsen, William; Sengupta, Mita Eva; Xing, Yingchun; Krag, Marcus Anders; Knudsen, Steen Wilhelm; Carl, Henrik; Møller, Peter Daniel Rask; Thomsen, Philip Francis (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-02-23)
      Temporal variation in eDNA signals is increasingly explored for understanding community ecology in aquatic habitats. Seasonal changes have been addressed using eDNA sampling, but very little is known regarding short-term temporal variation that spans hours to days. To address this, we filtered marine water samples from a single coastal site in Denmark every hour for 32 h. We used metabarcoding to ...