ReviewProceedings. Biological sciences2019
Predicting the fate of eDNA in the environment and implications for studying biodiversity.
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111 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- pH-Dependent Degradation of Macrobial Environmental DNA in Water.Molecular ecology resources · 2026Pooled it
- 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
- Getting to the Core of the Matter-Assessing the Role of Replication in Metabarcoding-Based sedaDNA.Molecular ecology resources · 2026Article
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- From environmental DNA into actionable biodiversity data: Towards the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.The Journal of heredity · 2026Review
- 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
- Assessing Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes Through Drone-Based Environmental DNA Sampling.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
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- 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
- Environmental RNA reflects seasonal changes in the metabolic activity of stream salamanders.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Mapping the marine distribution of eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus) in the Northeast Pacific using environmental DNA.Communications biology · 2026Article
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- Tracing Environmental DNA Transport in a Large Lake with Synthetic DNA Microparticles and Hydrodynamic Modeling.Environmental science & technology · 2026Article
- Estimating Organism Abundance Using Within-Sample Haplotype Frequencies of eDNA Data.Molecular ecology resources · 2026Article
- Environmental DNA monitoring of waterfowl reveals community changes during migration.PloS one · 2026Article
- Beyond Exponential Decay: How Biphasic and Delayed Decay Dynamics Shape Marine eDNA Dispersal.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
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Abstract
Environmental DNA (eDNA) applications are transforming the standard of characterizing aquatic biodiversity via the presence, location and abundance of DNA collected from environmental samples. As eDNA studies use DNA fragments as a proxy for the presence of organisms, the ecological properties of the complex and dynamic environments from which eDNA is sampled need to be considered for accurate biological interpretation. In this review, we discuss the role that differing environments play on the major processes that eDNA undergoes between organism and collection, including shedding, decay and transport. We focus on a mechanistic understanding of these processes and highlight how decay and transport models are being developed towards more accurate and robust predictions of the fate of eDNA. We conclude with five recommendations for eDNA researchers and practitioners, to advance current best practices, as well as to support a future model of eDNA spatio-temporal persistence.
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