Enhancing aquatic biodiversity surveys with eDNA
In aquatic systems, does eDNA metabarcoding detect the same number and kinds of species that are detected with conventional methods like nets, traps, and underwater diver surveys? How does the relative performance of eDNA metabarcoding change across aquatic ecosystems? My research explores these questions in the context of bony fish.
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What is eDNA metabarcoding?
eDNA metabarcoding refers to a specific method that combines environmental sampling with high-throughput DNA sequencing (HTS) to identify many species from a single sample. This is in contrast to targeted species analyses, which do not use HTS. You can think of the difference as a multi-species vs. single-species approach. Both methods start with the same environmental samples, but they are analyzed differently in the lab.
NatureMetrics, 2019
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