Annual time-series analysis of aqueous eDNA reveals ecologically relevant dynamics of lake ecosystem biodiversity

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Bista, Iliana ^a   Carvalho, Gary R ^a   Walsh, Kerry ^b   Seymour, Mathew ^a   Hajibabaei, Mehrdad ^c   Lallias, Delphine ^d   Christmas, Martin ^b   Creer, Simon ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMARKER; DNA; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BIODIVERSITY; CHIRONOMIDAE; GENETIC MARKER; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; TAXON; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BARCODING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAKE; MICROBIOLOGY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

DNA;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; LAKES;

EID: 85010408614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14087     Document Type: Article

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