Large-Scale Biomonitoring of Remote and Threatened Ecosystems via High-Throughput Sequencing

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(2015) Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Development and application of benthic macroinvertebrate-based multimetric indices for the assessment of streams and rivers in the Taihu Basin, China

(2015) Qi Huang et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Meiobenthos and free-living nematodes as tools for biomonitoring environments affected by riverine impact

(2015) F. Semprucci et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Climatic and Catchment-Scale Predictors of Chinese Stream Insect Richness Differ between Taxonomic Groups

(2015) Jonathan D. Tonkin et al.   PLoS One

DNA barcoding and metabarcoding of standardized samples reveal patterns of marine benthic diversity

(2015) Matthieu Leray et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Zooplankton communities are good indicators of potential impacts of Athabasca oil sands operations on downwind boreal lakes

(2014) M.U. Mohamed Anas et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Stream biomonitoring using macroinvertebrates around the globe: a comparison of large-scale programs

(2014) Daniel F. Buss et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

FORUM: Ecological networks: the missing links in biomonitoring science

(2014) Clare Gray et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Macroinvertebrate assemblage patterns as indicators of water quality in the Xindian watershed, Taiwan

(2014) Dashdondog Narangarvuu et al.   JOURNAL OF ASIA-PACIFIC ENTOMOLOGY

Simultaneous assessment of the macrobiome and microbiome in a bulk sample of tropical arthropods through DNA metasystematics

(2014) J. Gibson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Habitat heterogeneity drives the geographical distribution of beta diversity: the case of New Zealand stream invertebrates

(2014) Anna Astorga et al.   Ecology and Evolution

A geometric morphometric approach to establish body-shape trait criteria for aquatic insects

(2014) Jessica M. Orlofske et al.   Freshwater Science

Morphological taxonomy, DNA barcoding, and species diversity in southern Rocky Mountain headwater streams

(2014) Brian A. Gill et al.   Freshwater Science

Recovery dynamics in invertebrate communities following water-quality improvement: taxonomy- vs trait-based assessment

(2014) Evelyne Arce et al.   Freshwater Science

Does DNA barcoding improve performance of traditional stream bioassessment metrics?

(2014) Eric D. Stein et al.   Freshwater Science

Cryptic biodiversity in streams: a comparison of macroinvertebrate communities based on morphological and DNA barcode identifications

(2014) John K. Jackson et al.   Freshwater Science

The tiny mayfly in the room: implications of size-dependent invertebrate taxonomic identification for biomonitoring data properties

(2013) Jessica M. Orlofske et al.   AQUATIC ECOLOGY

Improving the accuracy of aquatic macroinvertebrate trait assignment — the importance of taxon-weighting

(2013) Kieran A. Monaghan et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Reliable, verifiable and efficient monitoring of biodiversity via metabarcoding

(2013) Yinqiu Ji et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Tolerance values of benthic macroinvertebrates for stream biomonitoring: assessment of assumptions underlying scoring systems worldwide

(2013) Feng-Hsun Chang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Biodiversity patterns in a macroinvertebrate community of a temporary pond network

(2013) Margarita Florencio et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Several scales of biodiversity affect ecosystem multifunctionality

(2013) J. R. Pasari et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Amplification by PCR Artificially Reduces the Proportion of the Rare Biosphere in Microbial Communities

(2012) Juan M. Gonzalez et al.   PLoS One

Biodiversity soup: metabarcoding of arthropods for rapid biodiversity assessment and biomonitoring

(2012) Douglas W. Yu et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Assessing biodiversity of a freshwater benthic macroinvertebrate community through non-destructive environmental barcoding of DNA from preservative ethanol

(2012) Mehrdad Hajibabaei et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

UCHIME improves sensitivity and speed of chimera detection

(2011) Robert C. Edgar et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Quality control and preprocessing of metagenomic datasets

(2011) R. Schmieder et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Congruence of biodiversity measures among larval dragonflies and caddisflies from three Canadian rivers

(2011) COLIN J. CURRY et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Incorporation of DNA barcoding into a large-scale biomonitoring program: opportunities and pitfalls

(2011) Erik M. Pilgrim et al.   JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN BENTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Can DNA barcodes of stream macroinvertebrates improve descriptions of community structure and water quality?

(2011) Bernard W. Sweeney et al.   JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN BENTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Environmental Barcoding: A Next-Generation Sequencing Approach for Biomonitoring Applications Using River Benthos

(2011) Mehrdad Hajibabaei et al.   PLoS One

Search and clustering orders of magnitude faster than BLAST

(2010) Robert C. Edgar   BIOINFORMATICS

Direct Measurement Versus Surrogate Indicator Species for Evaluating Environmental Change and Biodiversity Loss

(2010) David B. Lindenmayer et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Experimental factors affecting PCR-based estimates of microbial species richness and evenness

(2010) Anna Engelbrektson et al.   ISME Journal

GenBank

(2010) D. A. Benson et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH