ArticleCommunications biology2018
Persistence of environmental DNA in marine systems.
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93 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 440 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Systematic review and meta-analysis: Water type and temperature affect environmental DNA decay.Molecular ecology resources · 2022Pooled it
- Meta-analysis shows both congruence and complementarity of DNA and eDNA metabarcoding to traditional methods for biological community assessment.Molecular ecology · 2022Pooled it
- Substrate-Dependent Variation in Environmental DNA Persistence and Degradation From a Small Mammal.Molecular ecology resources · 2026Article
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- Fish diversity and community turnover across protection zones in multiuse marine protected areas.Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2026Article
- Early detection and tracking of wood borers using improved environmental DNA aggregation and TaqMan quantitative PCR approaches in forests.Insect science · 2026Article
- Variability in Fish Environmental DNA Concentration in Coastal Ecosystems at Hierarchical Levels: Focusing on the Magnitude, Structure, and Environmental Dependence.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Operationalising Environmental DNA (eDNA) Detection of Major Malaria Vector Species in Ghana.Molecular ecology resources · 2026Article
- Integrating Water Column and Sediment eDNA Metabarcoding Reveals Seasonal Turnover and Habitat-Specific Differentiation of Fish Communities in a Subtropical Coastal Bay.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Spatial Complexity and Rare-Taxon Turnover Structures Benthic Coral Reef eDNA Communities.Molecular ecology · 2026Article
- Integrating active and passive environmental DNA sampling into coral reef monitoring: implications for community-based stewardship in Hawai i.Research square · 2026Article
- One Assay to Rule Them All: Development of a Global Environmental DNA Tool to Support Range-Wide Surveys of an Imperiled Sawfish and Its Application in the Eastern Tropical Pacific.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Environmental DNA reveals hidden eukaryotic diversity and fine-scale community patterns across seascape areas in the Northern Red Sea.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Disentangled Assembly Graphs Reveal Hidden Eukaryotic Diversity in eDNA Metagenomic Data.Molecular ecology resources · 2026Article
- Comparative Multi-Marker Environmental DNA Metabarcoding of Marine Metazoan Communities: Water vs. Sediment.Molecular ecology resources · 2026Article
- Recovering Historical eDNA From Museum-Preserved Filter Feeders via Non-Destructive Metabarcoding.Molecular ecology resources · 2026Article
- From rivers to the sea: a single gene assay for New Zealand freshwater eel eDNA monitoring.PeerJ · 2026Article
- Beyond Exponential Decay: How Biphasic and Delayed Decay Dynamics Shape Marine eDNA Dispersal.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Are Sponges Good Natural Sentinels for Monitoring Fish Diversity in Antarctic Coastal Waters?Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
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6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
As environmental DNA (eDNA) becomes an increasingly valuable resource for marine ecosystem monitoring, understanding variation in its persistence across contrasting environments is critical. Here, we quantify the breakdown of macrobial eDNA over a spatio-temporal axis of locally extreme conditions, varying from ocean-influenced offshore to urban-inshore, and between winter and summer. We report that eDNA degrades 1.6 times faster in the inshore environment than the offshore environment, but contrary to expectation we find no difference over season. Analysis of environmental covariables show a spatial gradient of salinity and a temporal gradient of pH, with salinity-or the biotic correlates thereof-most important. Based on our estimated inshore eDNA half-life and naturally occurring eDNA concentrations, we estimate that eDNA may be detected for around 48 h, offering potential to collect ecological community data of high local fidelity. We conclude by placing these results in the context of previously published eDNA decay rates.
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