Conservation Genetics Resources, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: May 5, 2025
Language: Английский
Elsevier eBooks, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 185 - 207
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
Language: Английский
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Ecohydrology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 17(1)
Published: Dec. 5, 2023
Abstract Groundwater is an important global resource, providing water for irrigation, industry, geothermal uses and potable water. Moreover, groundwater contains the world's largest terrestrial freshwater biome with ecosystems, inhabited mainly by invertebrates (stygofauna) microbes, undertaking services including purification, as well nutrient carbon cycling. Despite investigations on spatial temporal variations of fauna influence environmental parameters these organisms, in parts world, even most basic knowledge ecosystems still lacking. The aims this study are to provide overview research, historical evolution research topics development sampling methods secondly identify distribution resulting data gaps. To achieve this, extensive review accessible was conducted analysing 859 studies. It evident that over time, there has been exponential increase number studies together changing paradigms focus, particularly have developed from using simple nets, substrate samples hand‐pumps beginning recent molecular analyses (e.g. eDNA). As application becomes more common, diversity functional ecology expected increase. Studies spatially uneven dominated Europe Australia, few Africa, Asia Americas. This presently biased view biota hinders identification biodiversity patterns ecosystem functions a wider geographic climatic scale. In future, evenly distributed stygofauna effort currently underrepresented areas globe necessary ensure comprehensive perspective biodiversity, roles significances. increasingly accumulating sensitivities anthropogenic activities, climate change, fundamental effective management ecosystems.
Language: Английский
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Freshwater Biology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 67(12), P. 2007 - 2023
Published: Sept. 10, 2022
Abstract Coastal aquifers are vital water sources for humanity. Their quality and the ecosystem services they provide depend on integrity of their subterranean biota. However, current anthropogenic impacts such as climate change effects coastal population growth place enormous pressure sustainability these environments. Despite significance biota to function delivery services, stygofauna—groundwater‐dwelling aquatic animals—have until recently been largely ignored in aquifer monitoring management. This issue is importance both inland zones. Common threats areas extraction, reduced recharge caused by aridification, pollution, while, zones, additional complications arise from sea‐level salt ingress. review examines stygofaunal diversity, impacts, future conservation challenges aquifers. Focussing Australia, we a summary available data communities distributions; identify describe potential across diverse regions continent; propose research priorities with goal facilitating long‐term preservation ecosystems Australian continent. While focus this management issues discussed relevant globally. Recent studies Australia have primarily undertaken areas, while exist, ecological assessment incomplete, compromising efficacy plans. indicates that continent hosts five major biodiversity characterised heterogeneous community assemblages, involving total 17 taxonomic groups spanning microscopic invertebrates vertebrates. The most identified were size reduction, intrusion seawater, land clearing, contamination, mining. Given projections increasing development subsequent loss or degradation habitat during coming decades, it important improve our limited understanding ecology Future should include refinement biological tools systems, functional ecotoxicological studies, faunal surveys urban recommendations guidelines outlined applicable globally further step toward sustainable use groundwater resources maintenance healthy ecosystems.
Language: Английский
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Molecular Ecology Resources, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 23(6), P. 1257 - 1274
Published: March 31, 2023
Stygofauna are aquatic fauna that have evolved to live underground. The impacts of anthropogenic climate change, extraction and pollution on groundwater pose major threats health, prompting the need for efficient reliable means detect monitor stygofaunal communities. Conventional survey techniques these species rely morphological identification can be biased, labour-intensive often indeterminate lower taxonomic levels. By contrast, environmental DNA (eDNA)-based methods potential dramatically improve existing in a large range habitats all life stages, reducing destructive manual collection critically endangered or specialized expertise. We compared eDNA haul-net samples collected 2020 2021 from 19 bores cave Barrow Island, northwest Western Australia, assessed how sampling factors influenced quality detection stygofauna. two were complementary; metabarcoding was able soft-bodied taxa fish missed by nets, but only detected seven nine crustacean orders identified specimens. Our results also indicated could 54%-100% stygofauna shallow-water 82%-90% sediment samples. However, there significant variation diversity between sample years types. findings this study demonstrate has tendency underestimate substantially efficiency surveys.
Language: Английский
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Elsevier eBooks, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 525 - 550
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
Language: Английский
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Science China Life Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 67(7), P. 1368 - 1384
Published: March 18, 2024
Language: Английский
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13
Published: Jan. 31, 2025
Saline and hypersaline wetlands are biodiversity hotspots for metazoans such as aquatic invertebrates wading birds. However, the survival of these habitats their biota is increasingly threatened by a combination pressures from climate change extractive processes. With goal improving conservation efforts in ecosystems, this study tests use eDNA methods metazoan biomonitoring. We employed multi-assay approach utilizing three genetic markers—12S rRNA, 18S COI —to analyze sediment water. Samples were collected lakes Northern Chile: Salar de Atacama (Laguna Puilar), Pujsa, Tara. outputs also compared with results generated macroinvertebrate assessments using kick-nets. Our analyses revealed total 21 22 taxa across water, respectively. The highest diversity was found Tara (15 within 13 water). design detected range resident different status, spanning rotifers to endangered snails, amphipods flamingos. Macroinvertebrate data via kick-net surveys further validated most biodiverse system. Compared net-based assessments, analysis allowed more refined taxonomic assignments copepods ostracods, while certain Ephydridae or Hirudinea not through molecular tests. Overall, provides evidence that an effective tool elucidate fine scale assemblages can refine lakes.
Language: Английский
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Pest Management Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: April 24, 2025
Abstract BACKGROUND Early detection of invasive species such as the spotted lanternfly (SLF, Lycorma delicatula ) is critical for effective management including eradication efforts and limiting further spread. SLF excretes honeydew containing detectable DNA, providing a unique opportunity to leverage environmental DNA (eDNA) its detection. This study introduces ant‐derived (antDNA) approach, utilizing ants ‘honeydew samplers’ detect DNA. We validated effectiveness this method through three experiments. RESULTS Using SLF‐specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR), we consistently detected in foraging or nesting near infestations. then showed that after single meal, persisted at least 5 days, even when, subsequently, were fed plain honey solution. Lastly, collected from honey‐baited lure stations along transects radiating infestations yielded positive detections up 100 m core infestations, demonstrating method's extensive range. These findings confirm ants, their active feeding on ability retain ingested material, are highly reliable samplers. CONCLUSION Combined with ants' ecological dominance ease low cost ant collection, antDNA offers sensitive, efficient practical alternative traditional, labor‐intensive approaches detecting potentially other honeydew‐producing insects. © 2025 The Author(s). Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd behalf Society Chemical Industry.
Language: Английский
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Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 13(1)
Published: Oct. 23, 2023
Groundwater is the physically largest freshwater ecosystem, yet one of least explored habitats on earth, both because accessing difficulties and scarcity organisms inhabiting it. Here, we demonstrate how a two-fold approach provides complementary information occurrence diversity groundwater amphipods. Firstly, used citizen science in collaboration with municipal water providers who sampled their spring catchment boxes over multiple weeks, followed by DNA barcoding. Secondly, collected four 10 L samples at each site, sampling event, for environmental (eDNA) metabarcoding. We found that was very effective describing distribution abundance Although single time-point eDNA did not detect as many amphipods, it allowed assessment entire community, including microorganisms. By combining methods, different amphipod species co-occurring distinct sequences from eDNA-metabarcoding dataset, representing mainly micro-eukaryotic species. also correlation between amphipods overall biodiversity detected site. thus suggest these approaches can be to get better understanding subterranean biodiversity.
Language: Английский
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Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 364, P. 121412 - 121412
Published: June 15, 2024
Environmental assessment (EA) evaluates the environmental impacts of proposed projects, plans or policies to inform decision making. While several studies have highlighted potential and opportunities digitalisation for EA, few explored practitioners' perceptions using a mixed methods approach in order discover concerns risks identified by EA novel technological approaches. In addition, this initial exploratory study examines perception benefits contributions quality effectiveness advanced digital approaches, such as introduction artificial intelligence, practice. The research process was based on focus group discussions interviews with consultants, authorities, researchers, associations NGOs. Relevant technologies were from existing scientific literature their applicability, use discussed context real-world experience made practitioner. It became evident that majority practitioners field Austria Germany are not familiar approaches tools. other planning disciplines exploiting tools, still share about data quality, security, legal uncertainties, but also skills know-how. identifies gap need training confidence building. aims contribute promotion inter- & transdisciplinary exchange involving wider community.
Language: Английский
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