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Fishing for mammals : landscape-level monitoring of terrestrial and semi-aquatic communities using eDNA from riverine systems
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dc.contributor.author | Sales, Naiara Guimarães | |
dc.contributor.author | McKenzie, Maisie B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Drake, Joseph | |
dc.contributor.author | Harper, Lynsey R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Browett, Samuel S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Coscia, Ilaria | |
dc.contributor.author | Wangensteen, Owen S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Baillie, Charles | |
dc.contributor.author | Bryce, Emma | |
dc.contributor.author | Dawson, Deborah A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ochu, Erinma | |
dc.contributor.author | Hänfling, Bernd | |
dc.contributor.author | Lawson Handley, Lori | |
dc.contributor.author | Mariani, Stefano | |
dc.contributor.author | Lambin, Xavier | |
dc.contributor.author | Sutherland, Christopher | |
dc.contributor.author | McDevitt, Allan D. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-10T00:39:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-03-10T00:39:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-04 | |
dc.identifier | 266885215 | |
dc.identifier | b8f1a609-f27d-48a2-bd96-61df6ff898d8 | |
dc.identifier | 85081263028 | |
dc.identifier | 000523415100006 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Sales , N G , McKenzie , M B , Drake , J , Harper , L R , Browett , S S , Coscia , I , Wangensteen , O S , Baillie , C , Bryce , E , Dawson , D A , Ochu , E , Hänfling , B , Lawson Handley , L , Mariani , S , Lambin , X , Sutherland , C & McDevitt , A D 2020 , ' Fishing for mammals : landscape-level monitoring of terrestrial and semi-aquatic communities using eDNA from riverine systems ' , Journal of Applied Ecology , vol. 57 , no. 4 , pp. 707-716 . https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13592 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0021-8901 | |
dc.identifier.other | RIS: urn:7F59EC1D5C106D6EAB0EA3CB158AD7E2 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0003-2073-1751/work/75248772 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/21578 | |
dc.description | Funding: The eDNA component of this project was funded by the British Ecological Society (grant no. SR17/1214) and a University of Salford Internal Research Award awarded to A.D.M. J.D. was supported by the University of Massachusetts Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Grant and Spring 2018 Graduate School Fieldwork Grant. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has revolutionized biomonitoring in both marine and freshwater ecosystems. However, for semi‐aquatic and terrestrial animals, the application of this technique remains relatively untested. We first assess the efficiency of eDNA metabarcoding in detecting semi‐aquatic and terrestrial mammals in natural lotic ecosystems in the UK by comparing sequence data recovered from water and sediment samples to the mammalian communities expected from historical data. Secondly, using occupancy modelling we compared the detection efficiency of eDNA metabarcoding to multiple conventional non‐invasive survey methods (latrine surveys and camera trapping). eDNA metabarcoding detected a large proportion of the expected mammalian community within each area. Common species in the areas were detected at the majority of sites. Several key species of conservation concern in the UK were detected by eDNA sampling in areas where authenticated records do not currently exist, but potential false positives were also identified. Water‐based eDNA metabarcoding provided comparable results to conventional survey methods in per unit of survey effort for three species (water vole, field vole and red deer) using occupancy models. The comparison between survey ‘effort’ to reach a detection probability of ≥.95 revealed that 3–6 water replicates would be equivalent to 3–5 latrine surveys and 5–30 weeks of single camera deployment, depending on the species. Synthesis and applications. eDNA metabarcoding can be used to generate an initial ‘distribution map’ of mammalian diversity at the landscape level. If conducted during times of peak abundance, carefully chosen sampling points along multiple river courses provide a reliable snapshot of the species that are present in a catchment area. In order to fully capture solitary, rare and invasive species, we would currently recommend the use of eDNA metabarcoding alongside other non‐invasive surveying methods (i.e. camera traps) to maximize monitoring efforts. | |
dc.format.extent | 651263 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Applied Ecology | en |
dc.subject | Biomonitoring | en |
dc.subject | Camera trapping | en |
dc.subject | eDNA metabarcoding | en |
dc.subject | Latrine surveys | en |
dc.subject | Mammals | en |
dc.subject | Occupancy modelling | en |
dc.subject | Rivers | en |
dc.subject | GE Environmental Sciences | en |
dc.subject | QH301 Biology | en |
dc.subject | DAS | en |
dc.subject | SDG 14 - Life Below Water | en |
dc.subject | SDG 15 - Life on Land | en |
dc.subject.lcc | GE | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QH301 | en |
dc.title | Fishing for mammals : landscape-level monitoring of terrestrial and semi-aquatic communities using eDNA from riverine systems | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Medicine | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Statistics | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/1365-2664.13592 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2021-03-10 | |
dc.identifier.url | http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/56273 | en |
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