Detecting aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity in a tropical estuary using environmental DNA

• Published in: Biotropica Vol. 53; no. 6; pp. 1606 - 1619
• Main Authors: Polanco F., Andrea, Mutis Martinezguerra, Maria, Marques, Virginie, Villa‐Navarro, Francisco, Borrero Pérez, Giomar Helena, Cheutin, Marie‐Charlotte, Dejean, Tony, Hocdé, Régis, Juhel, Jean‐Baptiste, Maire, Eva, Manel, Stéphanie, Spescha, Manuel, Valentini, Alice, Mouillot, David, Albouy, Camille, Pellissier, Loïc
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.11.2021; Wiley
• Subjects: Amphibians; Aquatic organisms; Aquatic reptiles; Biodiversity; Biodiversity and Ecology; biomonitoring; Caribbean Sea; Colombia; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; DNA barcoding; Don Diego River; ecosystems; Environmental DNA; Environmental Engineering; Environmental Sciences; Estuaries; Estuarine dynamics; Flight; Freshwater; Freshwater fish; genes; Hydrodynamics; Inland water environment; Marine fish; Mitochondrial DNA; Reptiles; ribosomal RNA; River mouth; River mouths; Rivers; rRNA 12S; Saline water; Seawater; Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta; Terrestrial environments; Tropical climate; tropical ecosystem; vertebrate; Vertebrates; Colombia; Colombia; biodiversity; biomonitoring; Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta; environmental DNA; Don Diego River; vertebrate; tropical ecosystem; Caribbean Sea

Estuaries are characterized by a tidal regime and are strongly influenced by hydrodynamics and host diverse and highly dynamic habitats, from fresh, brackish, or saltwater to terrestrial, whose biodiversity is especially difficult to monitor. Here, we investigated the potential of environmental DNA...