Spatio-temporal patterns of multi-trophic biodiversity and food-web characteristics uncovered across a river catchment using environmental DNA

Rosetta C. Blackman; Hsi-Cheng Ho; Jean-Claude Walser; Florian Altermatt

doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03216-z

Communications Biology (Mar 2022)

Spatio-temporal patterns of multi-trophic biodiversity and food-web characteristics uncovered across a river catchment using environmental DNA

Rosetta C. Blackman,
Hsi-Cheng Ho,
Jean-Claude Walser,
Florian Altermatt

Affiliations

Rosetta C. Blackman: Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Department of Aquatic Ecology
Hsi-Cheng Ho: Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Department of Aquatic Ecology
Jean-Claude Walser: Genetic Diversity Centre (GDC), Department of Environmental Systems Sciences (D-USYS), Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)
Florian Altermatt: Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Department of Aquatic Ecology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03216-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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By sampling environmental DNA across a large riverine network over multiple seasons, the varied dynamics between biodiversity and food-web dynamics are revealed.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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