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Effective management of biodiversity requires regular surveillance of species, and analysis of environmental DNA by metabarcoding (eDNA) holds promise to achieve this relatively easily. Yet, taxonomic inquiries into eDNA data do need suitable molecular reference data, which is more often...

Of the increasing suite of genomic technologies, environmental DNA (eDNA) has become the most widely used and rapidly adopted by indigenous Māori groups in Aotearoa New Zealand, particularly for enhancing kaitiakitanga (= sustainable environmental management). Despite this rapid adoption, some...

Active offshore petrochemical infrastructure is typically surrounded by a restricted access marine area (RAMA), which can exist for decades, potentially protecting associated fish and epifauna from fishing and other disturbances, creating a similar biodiversity value to that found in marine...

As a newcomer to the eDNA field with a background in aDNA research, I see many similarities among the two disciplines. Both are deriving information from degraded biomolecules and are thus facing all the same challenges related to substrate selection,...

Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) is a keystone species of the Southern Ocean, vastly abundant and an essential food source of some of the Southern Ocean’s most charismatic predators, including penguins, seals, and baleen whales. Antarctic krill are also targeted by...

Brett Bolte1,2,3,4, Carmel McDougall3,4, Andrew Bissett1, Pascal Craw1, James Wynne4, Kylie Pitt2,4,6, David Beale7 1CSIRO Environment, Hobart, Australia, 2Blue Economy CRC, Launceston, Australia, 3Griffith University School of Environment and Science, Nathan, Australia, 4Australian Rivers Institute, Nathan, Australia, 5CSIRO Agriculture and...

Rapidly developing molecular technologies provide new opportunities for upgrading secondary school science programmes. They allow bringing hands-on eDNA experience into the classrooms, while building students’ understanding of the environment and expanding their awareness of current global issues regarding protection of...

ANEMONE (All Nippon eDNA Monitoring Network) was established in 2019, led by academic and government scientists in Japan. Its objective is to conduct eDNA-based monitoring of the biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems, including coastal and pelagic ocean zones, rivers, and lakes,...

Maarten De Brauwer, CSIRO, Sustainable Marine Futures Bruce Deagle, CSIRO, National Fish Collection Piers Dunstan, CSIRO, Sustainable Marine Futures Olly Berry, CSIRO, Environomics Future Science Platform The rapid uptake of environmental DNA (eDNA) methods globally is an indication of its...

Jenny Giles 1,2 , Andreas Zwick 2 , Stephen Bent 2 , Troy Denyer 3 , Anna Kearns 2 , James Nicholls 2 , Jesse Wallace 2, Mark Wallace 1,2 , Claire Yang 2 , Olly Berry 1  1 CSIRO Environomics Future Science Platform, Crawley Western Australia, 2 CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure, Black Mountain ACT, 3 CSIRO...