Metabarcoding extra‐organismal DNA from environmental samples is now a key technique
in aquatic biomonitoring and ecosystem health assessment. Of critical consideration when …

As environmental DNA (eDNA) becomes an increasingly valuable resource for marine ecosystem
monitoring, understanding variation in its persistence across contrasting environments …

In the era of “Anthropocene defaunation,” large species are often no longer detected in habitats
where they formerly occurred. However, it is unclear whether this apparent missing, or “…

Biodiversity assessment of marine hard-bottom communities is hindered by the high diversity
and size-ranges of the organisms present. We developed a DNA metabarcoding protocol …

Sharks are charismatic predators that play a key role in most marine food webs. Their
demonstrated vulnerability to exploitation has recently turned them into flagship species in ocean …

Arbacia lixula and Paracentrotus lividus are the dominant sea urchins in the Mediterranean
sublittoral, where they are key structuring species due to their grazing activity. It has been …

Background The recent blooming of metabarcoding applications to biodiversity studies
comes with some relevant methodological debates. One such issue concerns the treatment of …

In a recent paper, “Environmental DNA: What's behind the term? Clarifying the terminology
and recommendations for its future use in biomonitoring,” Pawlowski et al. argue that the term …

We assessed spatio-temporal patterns of diversity in deep-sea sediment communities using
metabarcoding. We chose a recently developed eukaryotic marker based on the v7 region …

The conversion of natural habitats to agriculture is one of the main drivers of biotic change.
Madagascar is no exception and land-use change, mostly driven by slash-and-burn …