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Nakajima S, Tsuri K. Testing the applicability of environmental DNA metabarcoding to landscape genetics. Mol Ecol Resour 2024; 24:e13990. [PMID: 38923125 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2024] [Revised: 06/01/2024] [Accepted: 06/17/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Landscape genetics is a field dealing with local genetic differences and contributes to strategic conservation planning. Recently, environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has proven useful not only for detecting species but also for assessing genetic diversity and genetic structure on a large scale such as in phylogeography. However, it remains unclear whether eDNA analysis also has sufficient power to perform the landscape genetics, which focuses on a local scale. To reveal the applicability of eDNA to landscape genetics, we conducted an eDNA metabarcoding analysis of the mitochondrial DNA D-loop region of the fluvial sculpin Cottus nozawae in the upper Sorachi River in Japan and compared the results with inferences based on traditional tissue-based approaches by the same D-loop region and genome-wide SNP data. As a result, the spatial distribution of haplotypes was generally consistent between the eDNA- and tissue-based approaches. In addition, the genetic differentiation statistics calculated using eDNA and tissue samples were highly correlated when comparing both in the D-loop region. The removal of low-frequency reads or the conversion to semi-quantitative rankings of eDNA data did not alter the correlation of genetic diversity and differentiation statistics with tissue-based approaches much. Finally, we confirmed that analyses using eDNA data can reveal patterns such as isolation-by-distance shown in previous studies on this species, indicating the applicability of eDNA to basic landscape genetics. Even though some limitations remain, eDNA may have great potential for conducting basic landscape genetics.
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- Souta Nakajima
- Watershed Restoration Research Team, Public Works Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Watershed Restoration Research Team, Public Works Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan
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Yatsuyanagi T, Kanbe T, Fujii K, Inoue S, Araki H. Environmental DNA unveils deep phylogeographic structure of a freshwater fish. Mol Ecol 2024; 33:e17337. [PMID: 38558465 DOI: 10.1111/mec.17337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Revised: 03/14/2024] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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Phylogeography bears an important part in ecology and evolution. However, current phylogeographic studies are largely constrained by limited numbers of individual samples. Using an environmental DNA (eDNA) assay for phylogeographic analyses, this study provides detailed information regarding the history of Siberian stone loach Barbatula toni, a primary freshwater fish across the whole range of Hokkaido, Japan. Based on an eDNA metabarcoding on 293 river water samples, we detected eDNA from B. toni in 189 rivers. A total of 51 samples, representing the entire island, were then selected from the B. toni eDNA-positive sample set for the subsequent analyses. To elucidate the phylogeographic structure of B. toni, newly developed eDNA metabarcoding primers (Barba-cytb-F/R) were applied to these samples, specifically targeting their haplotypic variation in cytochrome b. After a bioinformatic processing to mitigate haplotypic false positives, a total of 50 eDNA haplotypes were identified. Two regionally restricted, genetically distinct lineages of the species were revealed as a result of phylogeographic analyses on the haplotypes and tissue-derived DNA from B. toni. According to a molecular clock analysis, they have been genetically isolated for at least 1.5 million years, suggesting their ancient origin and colonisation of Hokkaido, presumably in the glacial periods. These results demonstrate how freshwater fishes can alter their distributions over evolutionary timescales and how eDNA assay can deepen our understanding of phylogeography.
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
- Fukuda Hydrologic Center, Sapporo, Japan
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Andrew S, Swart S, McKenna S, Morissette J, Gillis CA, Linnansaari T, Currie S, Morash AJ. The impacts of diel thermal variability on growth, development and performance of wild Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar) from two thermally distinct rivers. CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY 2024; 12:coae007. [PMID: 38487731 PMCID: PMC10939361 DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coae007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Revised: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
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Temperature in many natural aquatic environments follows a diel cycle, but to date, we know little on how diel thermal cycles affect fish biology. The current study investigates the growth, development and physiological performance of wild Atlantic salmon collected from the Miramichi and Restigouche rivers (NB, Canada). Fish were collected as parr and acclimated to either 16-21 or 19-24°C diel thermal cycles throughout the parr and smolt life stages. Both Miramichi and Restigouche Atlantic salmon parr grew at similar rates during 16-21 or 19-24°C acclimations. However, as smolts, the growth rates of the Miramichi (-8% body mass day-1) and Restigouche (-38% body mass day-1) fish were significantly slower at 19-24°C, and were in fact negative, indicating loss of mass in this group. Acclimation to 19-24°C also increased Atlantic salmon CTmax. Our findings suggest that both life stage and river origin impact Atlantic salmon growth and performance in the thermal range used herein. These findings provide evidence for local adaptation of Atlantic salmon, increased vulnerability to warming temperatures, and highlight the differential impacts of these ecologically relevant diel thermal cycles on the juvenile life stages in this species.
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- Sean Andrew
- Department of Biology, Mount Allison University, 62 York St., Sackville, NB E4L 1G7, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Mount Allison University, 62 York St., Sackville, NB E4L 1G7, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Mount Allison University, 62 York St., Sackville, NB E4L 1G7, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Mount Allison University, 62 York St., Sackville, NB E4L 1G7, Canada
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- Gespe’gewa’gi Institute of Natural Understanding, 1 Marshall Way, Listuguj, QC, G0C 2R0, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, and Canadian Rivers Institute, University of New Brunswick, 28 Dineen Drive, Fredericton, NB, E3B 5A3, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Acadia University, 33 Westwood Avenue, Wolfville, NS, B4P 2R6, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Mount Allison University, 62 York St., Sackville, NB E4L 1G7, Canada
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Andres KJ, Lodge DM, Andrés J. Environmental DNA reveals the genetic diversity and population structure of an invasive species in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2307345120. [PMID: 37669387 PMCID: PMC10500163 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2307345120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023] Open
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Environmental DNA (eDNA) has been established as a noninvasive and efficient approach to sample genetic material from aquatic environments. Although most commonly used to determine species presence and measure biodiversity, eDNA approaches also hold great potential to obtain population-level genetic information from water samples. In this study, we sequenced a panel of multiallelic microsatellite markers from filtered water and fish tissue samples to uncover patterns of intraspecific diversity in the freshwater Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus) across their invaded range in the Laurentian Great Lakes region. Although we found that the concentration of nuclear eDNA is lower than mitochondrial eDNA, we nonetheless detected over two-thirds of all nuclear alleles identified from genotyped tissues in our eDNA samples, with the greatest recovery of common alleles in the population. Estimates of allele frequencies and genetic variability within and between populations were detected from eDNA in patterns that were consistent with individual tissue-based estimates of genetic diversity and differentiation. The strongest genetic differentiation in both eDNA and tissues exists in an isolation by distance pattern. Our study demonstrates the potential for eDNA-based approaches to characterize key population parameters required to effectively monitor, manage, or sustain aquatic species.
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- Kara J. Andres
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY14853
- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO63130
- Living Earth Collaborative, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO63130
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY14853
- Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY14853
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY14853
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Machuca-Sepúlveda J, Miranda J, Lefin N, Pedroso A, Beltrán JF, Farias JG. Current Status of Omics in Biological Quality Elements for Freshwater Biomonitoring. BIOLOGY 2023; 12:923. [PMID: 37508354 PMCID: PMC10376755 DOI: 10.3390/biology12070923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023]
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Freshwater ecosystems have been experiencing various forms of threats, mainly since the last century. The severity of this adverse scenario presents unprecedented challenges to human health, water supply, agriculture, forestry, ecological systems, and biodiversity, among other areas. Despite the progress made in various biomonitoring techniques tailored to specific countries and biotic communities, significant constraints exist, particularly in assessing and quantifying biodiversity and its interplay with detrimental factors. Incorporating modern techniques into biomonitoring methodologies presents a challenging topic with multiple perspectives and assertions. This review aims to present a comprehensive overview of the contemporary advancements in freshwater biomonitoring, specifically by utilizing omics methodologies such as genomics, metagenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and multi-omics. The present study aims to elucidate the rationale behind the imperative need for modernization in this field. This will be achieved by presenting case studies, examining the diverse range of organisms that have been studied, and evaluating the potential benefits and drawbacks associated with the utilization of these methodologies. The utilization of advanced high-throughput bioinformatics techniques represents a sophisticated approach that necessitates a significant departure from the conventional practices of contemporary freshwater biomonitoring. The significant contributions of omics techniques in the context of biological quality elements (BQEs) and their interpretations in ecological problems are crucial for biomonitoring programs. Such contributions are primarily attributed to the previously overlooked identification of interactions between different levels of biological organization and their responses, isolated and combined, to specific critical conditions.
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- Jorge Machuca-Sepúlveda
- Doctoral Program on Natural Resources Sciences, Universidad de La Frontera, Avenida Francisco Salazar, 01145, P.O. Box 54-D, Temuco 4780000, Chile
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4811230, Chile
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4811230, Chile
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4811230, Chile
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4811230, Chile
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4811230, Chile
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4811230, Chile
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Yang J, Zhang L, Mu Y, Wang J, Yu H, Zhang X. Unsupervised biological integrity assessment by eDNA biomonitoring of multi-trophic aquatic taxa. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2023; 175:107950. [PMID: 37182420 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The biological integrity of global freshwater ecosystems is threatened by ever-increasing environmental stressors due to increased human activities, such as land-use change, eutrophication, toxic pollutants, overfishing, and exploitation. Traditional ecological assessments of lake or riverine ecosystems often require human supervision of a pre-selected reference area, using the current state of the reference area as the expected state. However, selecting an appropriate reference area has become increasingly difficult with the expansion of human activities. Here, an unsupervised biological integrity assessment framework based on environmental DNA metabarcoding without a prior reference area is proposed. Taxon richness, species dominance, co-occurrence network density, and phylogenetic distance were used to assess the aquatic communities in the Taihu Lake basin. Multi-gene metabarcoding revealed comprehensive biodiversity at multiple trophic levels including algae, protists, zooplankton, and fish. Fish sequences were mainly derived from 12S, zooplankton mainly from mitochondrial cytochrome C oxidase subunit I, and algae and protists mainly from 18S. There were significant differences in community composition among lakes, rivers, and reservoirs but no significant differences in the four fundamental biological indicators. The algal and zooplankton integrities were positively correlated with protist and fish integrities, respectively. Additionally, the algal integrity of lakes was found to be significantly lower than that of rivers. The unsupervised assessment framework proposed in this study allows different ecosystems, including the same ecosystem in different seasons, to adopt the same indicators and assessment methods, which is more convenient for environmental management and decision-making.
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- Jianghua Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China; Jiangsu Provincial Environmental Monitoring Center, Nanjing 210019, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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Hauck LL, Atkinson CL, Homyack JA, Penaluna BE, Mangum C, Coble AA, Nettles J, Thornton-Frost JE, Fix MJ. Molecular identity crisis: environmental DNA metabarcoding meets traditional taxonomy—assessing biodiversity and freshwater mussel populations (Unionidae) in Alabama. PeerJ 2023; 11:e15127. [PMID: 37033728 PMCID: PMC10078462 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.15127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/04/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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The use of environmental DNA (eDNA) to assess aquatic biodiversity is a growing field with great potential for monitoring and managing threatened species, like freshwater mussel (Unionidae) populations. Freshwater mussels are globally imperiled and serve essential roles in aquatic systems as a food source and as a natural water filter making their management essential for ecosystem health. Unfortunately, mussel populations are often understudied, and challenges exist to accurately and efficiently describe the full suite of species present. Multispecies eDNA approaches may also be more challenging where freshwater mussel populations are most diverse due to ongoing and significant taxonomic restructuring that has been further complicated by molecular phylogenies using mitochondrial genes. For this study, we developed a microfluidic metabarcoding array that targets a wide range of species, from invertebrates to fishes, with an emphasis on detecting unionid mussels known to be present in the Sipsey River, Alabama. We compared mussel species diversity across six sites with well-studied mussel assemblages using eDNA surveys and traditional quadrat surveys in 2016. We examined how factors such as mussel population density, biomass and location in the river substrate impacted our ability to detect certain species; and investigated unexpected eDNA detections through phylogenetic analysis. Our eDNA results for fish and mussel species were broadly consistent with the data from traditional electrofishing and quadrat-based field surveys, although both community eDNA and conventional sampling detected species unique to that method. Our phylogenetic analysis agreed with other studies that treat Pleurobema decisum and P. chattanoogaense as synonymous species; however, they are still listed as unique species in molecular databases which complicates their identity in a metabarcoding assay. We also found that Fusconaia flava and F. cerina are indistinguishable from one another using a portion of the NADH dehydrogenase Subunit 1 (ND1) marker, which may warrant further investigation into whether or not they are synonymous. Our results show that many factors impacted our ability to detect and correctly identify Unionidae mussel species. Here we describe the obstacles we faced, including the murky phylogeny of Unionidae mussels and turbid river conditions, and our development of a potentially impactful freshwater mussel monitoring eDNA assay.
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- Laura L. Hauck
- Pacific Northwest Research Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
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- Pacific Northwest Research Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- National Council for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI), Corvallis, OR, USA
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Zanovello L, Girardi M, Marchesini A, Galla G, Casari S, Micheletti D, Endrizzi S, Fedrigotti C, Pedrini P, Bertorelle G, Hauffe HC. A validated protocol for eDNA-based monitoring of within-species genetic diversity in a pond-breeding amphibian. Sci Rep 2023; 13:4346. [PMID: 36928612 PMCID: PMC10020426 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-31410-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
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In light of the dramatic decline in amphibian biodiversity, new cost-efficient tools to rapidly monitor species abundance and population genetic diversity in space and time are urgently needed. It has been amply demonstrated that the use of environmental DNA (eDNA) for single-species detection and characterization of community composition can increase the precision of amphibian monitoring compared to traditional (observational) approaches. However, it has been suggested that the efficiency and accuracy of the eDNA approach could be further improved by more timely sampling; in addition, the quality of genetic diversity data derived from the same DNA has been confirmed in other vertebrate taxa, but not amphibians. Given the availability of previous tissue-based genetic data, here we use the common frog Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758 as our target species and an improved eDNA protocol to: (i) investigate differences in species detection between three developmental stages in various freshwater environments; and (ii) study the diversity of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplotypes detected in eDNA (water) samples, by amplifying a specific fragment of the COI gene (331 base pairs, bp) commonly used as a barcode. Our protocol proved to be a reliable tool for monitoring population genetic diversity of this species, and could be a valuable addition to amphibian conservation and wetland management.
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- Lucia Zanovello
- Conservation Genomics Research Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, TN, Italy
- Conservation Biology Unit, MUSE - Science Museum Trento, Trento, Italy
- Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Conservation Genomics Research Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, TN, Italy
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP), The National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Conservation Genomics Research Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, TN, Italy
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- Conservation Genomics Research Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, TN, Italy
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- Computational Biology Research Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, TN, Italy
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- Conservation Biology Unit, MUSE - Science Museum Trento, Trento, Italy
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- Conservation Biology Unit, MUSE - Science Museum Trento, Trento, Italy
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- Conservation Biology Unit, MUSE - Science Museum Trento, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Conservation Genomics Research Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, TN, Italy.
- National Biodiversity Future Center, S.c.a.r.l., Palermo, Italy.
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Huang S, Yoshitake K, Watabe S, Asakawa S. Environmental DNA study on aquatic ecosystem monitoring and management: Recent advances and prospects. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2022; 323:116310. [PMID: 36261997 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Revised: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Environmental DNA (eDNA) is organismal DNA that can be detected in the environment and is derived from cellular material of organisms shed into aquatic or terrestrial environments. It can be sampled and monitored using molecular methods, which is important for the early detection of invasive and native species as well as the discovery of rare and cryptic species. While few reviews have summarized the latest findings on eDNA for most aquatic animal categories in the aquatic ecosystem, especially for aquatic eDNA processing and application. In the present review, we first performed a bibliometric network analysis of eDNA studies on aquatic animals. Subsequently, we summarized the abiotic and biotic factors affecting aquatic eDNA occurrence. We also systematically discussed the relevant experiments and analyses of aquatic eDNA from various aquatic organisms, including fish, molluscans, crustaceans, amphibians, and reptiles. Subsequently, we discussed the major achievements of eDNA application in studies on the aquatic ecosystem and environment. The application of eDNA will provide an entirely new paradigm for biodiversity conservation, environment monitoring, and aquatic species management at a global scale.
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- Songqian Huang
- Key Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Education, College of Fisheries and Life Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China; Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Fisheries and Life Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China; Shanghai Collaborative Innovation for Aquatic Animal Genetics and Breeding, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 200120, China; Department of Aquatic Bioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan.
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- Department of Aquatic Bioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- School of Marine Biosciences, Kitasato University, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0313, Japan
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- Department of Aquatic Bioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan.
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Yao M, Zhang S, Lu Q, Chen X, Zhang SY, Kong Y, Zhao J. Fishing for fish environmental DNA: Ecological applications, methodological considerations, surveying designs, and ways forward. Mol Ecol 2022; 31:5132-5164. [PMID: 35972241 DOI: 10.1111/mec.16659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Revised: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Vast global declines of freshwater and marine fish diversity and population abundance pose serious threats to both ecosystem sustainability and human livelihoods. Environmental DNA (eDNA)-based biomonitoring provides robust, efficient, and cost-effective assessment of species occurrences and population trends in diverse aquatic environments. Thus, it holds great potential for improving conventional surveillance frameworks to facilitate fish conservation and fisheries management. However, the many technical considerations and rapid developments underway in the eDNA arena can overwhelm researchers and practitioners new to the field. Here, we systematically analysed 416 fish eDNA studies to summarize research trends in terms of investigated targets, research aims, and study systems, and reviewed the applications, rationales, methodological considerations, and limitations of eDNA methods with an emphasis on fish and fisheries research. We highlighted how eDNA technology may advance our knowledge of fish behaviour, species distributions, population genetics, community structures, and ecological interactions. We also synthesized the current knowledge of several important methodological concerns, including the qualitative and quantitative power eDNA has to recover fish biodiversity and abundance, and the spatial and temporal representations of eDNA with respect to its sources. To facilitate ecological applications implementing fish eDNA techniques, recent literature was summarized to generate guidelines for effective sampling in lentic, lotic, and marine habitats. Finally, we identified current gaps and limitations, and pointed out newly emerging research avenues for fish eDNA. As methodological optimization and standardization improve, eDNA technology should revolutionize fish monitoring and promote biodiversity conservation and fisheries management that transcends geographic and temporal boundaries.
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- Meng Yao
- Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.,School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.,School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.,School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.,School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.,School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.,School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.,School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Holman LE, Parker-Nance S, de Bruyn M, Creer S, Carvalho G, Rius M. Managing human-mediated range shifts: understanding spatial, temporal and genetic variation in marine non-native species. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2022; 377:20210025. [PMID: 35067092 PMCID: PMC8784926 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The use of molecular tools to manage natural resources is increasingly common. However, DNA-based methods are seldom used to understand the spatial and temporal dynamics of species' range shifts. This is important when managing range shifting species such as non-native species (NNS), which can have negative impacts on biotic communities. Here, we investigated the ascidian NNS Ciona robusta, Clavelina lepadiformis, Microcosmus squamiger and Styela plicata using a combined methodological approach. We first conducted non-molecular biodiversity surveys for these NNS along the South African coastline, and compared the results with historical surveys. We detected no consistent change in range size across species, with some displaying range stability and others showing range shifts. We then sequenced a section of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) from tissue samples and found genetic differences along the coastline but no change over recent times. Finally, we found that environmental DNA metabarcoding data showed broad congruence with both the biodiversity survey and the COI datasets, but failed to capture the complete incidence of all NNS. Overall, we demonstrated how a combined methodological approach can effectively detect spatial and temporal variation in genetic composition and range size, which is key for managing both thriving NNS and threatened species. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Species’ ranges in the face of changing environments (part I)’.
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- Luke E Holman
- School of Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Zoology Department, Institute for Coastal and Marine Research Nelson Mandela University Ocean Sciences Campus, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), South Africa.,South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) Elwandle Coastal Node, Nelson Mandela University Ocean Sciences Campus, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), South Africa
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia.,Molecular Ecology and Evolution Group, School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, UK
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- Molecular Ecology and Evolution Group, School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, UK
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- Molecular Ecology and Evolution Group, School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, UK
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- School of Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.,Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB, CSIC), Accés a la Cala Sant Francesc 14, 17300 Blanes, Spain.,Centre for Ecological Genomics and Wildlife Conservation, Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa
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Maduna SN, Vivian-Smith A, Jónsdóttir ÓDB, Imsland AK, Klütsch CF, Nyman T, Eiken HG, Hagen SB. Mitogenomics of the suborder Cottoidei (Teleostei: Perciformes): Improved assemblies, mitogenome features, phylogeny, and ecological implications. Genomics 2022; 114:110297. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2022.110297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Revised: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Santini A, Migliorini D. Invasive Alien Plant Pathogens: The Need of New Detection Methods. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2536:111-118. [PMID: 35819601 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2517-0_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Invasive alien species are a major threat to natural and anthropogenic ecosystems and to the economy. Many invasive fungal species have severely impacted ecology and human lifestyle in the past. Most of them express a pathogenic lifestyle following introduction into a new region and hosts. They are usually cryptic during the introduction phase and hard to be identified, classified, and monitored.The increasing number of new alien pests coincide with the rapid increase in the volume and diversity of intercontinental trade in plants for planting, underlying the need to reduce the risk of their introduction with the development of molecular-based, inexpensive, rapid, accurate, and reliable methods that can identify and intercept plant pathogens even before symptoms occur in the new environment of diffusion. Applicative aerobiology, for instance, represents a challenging research line for the implementation of pest detection protocols during the early stage of fungal introduction, being capable to target aerial dispersed propagules.In addition to this, new metabarcoding protocols based on an innovative multigene approach, although not yet tested on fungi, are able to provide an output with very high taxonomic resolution and are likely to be considered in the next-future biosurveillance of invasive fungal pathogens.
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- Alberto Santini
- National Research Council, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, (CNR-IPSP), Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, (CNR-IPSP), Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy.
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Tay WT, Court LN, Macfadyen S, Jacomb F, Vyskočilová S, Colvin J, De Barro PJ. A high-throughput amplicon sequencing approach for population-wide species diversity and composition survey. Mol Ecol Resour 2021; 22:1706-1724. [PMID: 34918473 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2019] [Revised: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Management of agricultural pests requires an understanding of pest species diversity, their interactions with beneficial insects and spatial-temporal patterns of pest abundance. Invasive and agriculturally important insect pests can build up very high populations, especially in cropping landscapes. Traditionally, sampling effort for species identification involves small sample sizes and is labour intensive. Here, we describe a multi-primer high throughput sequencing (HTS) metabarcoding method and associated analytical workflow for a rapid, intensive, high-volume survey of pest species compositions. We demonstrate our method using the taxonomically challenging Bemisia pest cryptic species complex as examples. The whiteflies Bemisia including the 'tabaci' species are agriculturally important capable of vectoring diverse plant viruses that cause diseases and crop losses. Our multi-primer metabarcoding HTS amplicon approach simultaneously process high volumes of whitefly individuals, with efficiency to detect rare (i.e., 1%) test-species, while our improved whitefly primers for metabarcoding also detected beneficial hymenopteran parasitoid species from whitefly nymphs. Field-testing our redesigned Bemisia metabarcoding primer sets across the Tanzania, Uganda and Malawi cassava cultivation landscapes, we identified the sub-Saharan Africa 1 Bemisia putative species as the dominant pest species, with other cryptic Bemisia species being detected at various abundances. We also provide evidence that Bemisia species compositions can be affected by host crops and sampling techniques that target either nymphs or adults. Our multi-primer HTS metabarcoding method incorporated two over-lapping amplicons of 472bp and 518bp that spanned the entire 657bp 3' barcoding region for Bemisia, and is particularly suitable to molecular diagnostic surveys of this highly cryptic insect pest species complex that also typically exhibited high population densities in heavy crop infestation episodes. Our approach can be adopted to understand species biodiversity across landscapes, with broad implications for improving trans-boundary biosecurity preparedness, thus contributing to molecular ecological knowledge and the development of control strategies for high-density, cryptic, pest-species complexes.
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- W T Tay
- CSIRO Black Mountain Laboratories, Clunies Ross Street, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- CSIRO Black Mountain Laboratories, Clunies Ross Street, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- CSIRO Black Mountain Laboratories, Clunies Ross Street, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- CSIRO Black Mountain Laboratories, Clunies Ross Street, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- CSIRO Black Mountain Laboratories, Clunies Ross Street, ACT, 2601, Australia.,Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Central Avenue, Chatham, Maritime Kent, ME4 4TB, United Kingdom
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- Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Central Avenue, Chatham, Maritime Kent, ME4 4TB, United Kingdom
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Weitemier K, Penaluna BE, Hauck LL, Longway LJ, Garcia T, Cronn R. Estimating the genetic diversity of Pacific salmon and trout using multigene eDNA metabarcoding. Mol Ecol 2021; 30:4970-4990. [PMID: 33594756 PMCID: PMC8597136 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Revised: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
Genetic diversity underpins species conservation and management goals, and ultimately determines a species' ability to adapt. Using freshwater environmental DNA (eDNA) samples, we examined mitochondrial genetic diversity using multigene metabarcode sequence data from four Oncorhynchus species across 16 sites in Oregon and northern California. Our multigene metabarcode panel included targets commonly used in population genetic NADH dehydrogenase 2 (ND2), phylogenetic cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (COI) and eDNA (12S ribosomal DNA) screening. The ND2 locus showed the greatest within-species haplotype diversity for all species, followed by COI and then 12S rDNA for all species except Oncorhynchus kisutch. Sequences recovered for O. clarkii clarkii were either identical to, or one mutation different from, previously characterized haplotypes (95.3% and 4.5% of reads, respectively). The greatest diversity in O. c. clarkii was among coastal watersheds, and subsets of this diversity were shared with fish in inland watersheds. However, coastal streams and the Umpqua River watershed appear to harbour unique haplotypes. Sequences from O. mykiss revealed a disjunction between the Willamette watershed and southern watersheds suggesting divergent histories. We also identified similarities between populations in the northern Deschutes and southern Klamath watersheds, consistent with previously hypothesized connections between the two via inland basins. Oncorhynchus kisutch was only identified in coastal streams and the Klamath River watershed, with most diversity concentrated in the coastal Coquille watershed. Oncorhynchus tshawytscha was only observed at one site, but contained multiple haplotypes at each locus. The characterization of genetic diversity at multiple loci expands the knowledge gained from eDNA sampling and provides crucial information for conservation actions and genetic management.
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- Kevin Weitemier
- Department of Fisheries and WildlifeOregon State UniversityCorvallisORUSA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest ServicePacific Northwest Research StationCorvallisORUSA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest ServicePacific Northwest Research StationCorvallisORUSA
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- Department of Fisheries and WildlifeOregon State UniversityCorvallisORUSA
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- Department of Fisheries and WildlifeOregon State UniversityCorvallisORUSA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest ServicePacific Northwest Research StationCorvallisORUSA
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