Environmental DNA allows upscaling spatial patterns of biodiversity in freshwater ecosystems

Luca Carraro; Elvira Mächler; Remo Wüthrich; Florian Altermatt

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17337-8

Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Environmental DNA allows upscaling spatial patterns of biodiversity in freshwater ecosystems

Luca Carraro,
Elvira Mächler,
Remo Wüthrich,
Florian Altermatt

Affiliations

Luca Carraro: Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich
Elvira Mächler: Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich
Remo Wüthrich: Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich
Florian Altermatt: Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17337-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Biomonitoring via environmental DNA (eDNA) is an important conservation tool for freshwater ecosystems, but this is complicated by eDNA movement downstream. Here, Carraro et al. develop and test an approach to reconstruct high-resolution spatial biodiversity patterns from freshwater eDNA.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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