The future of biotic indices in the ecogenomic era: Integrating (e)DNA metabarcoding in biological assessment of aquatic ecosystems
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Pawlowski, Jan
Kelly-Quinn, Mary
Altermatt, Florian
Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil, Laure
Beja, Pedro
Boggero, Angela
Borja, Angel
Bouchez, Agnès
Cordier, Tristan
Domaizon, Isabelle
Feio, Maria Joao
Filipe, Ana Filipa
Fornaroli, Ricardo
Graf, Wolfram
Herder, Jelger
van der Hoorn, Berry
Jones, J. Iwan
Sagova-Mareckova, Marketa
Moritz, Christian
Barquín, Jose
Piggott, Jeremy J.
Pinna, Maurizio
Rimet, Frederic
Rinkevich, Buki
Sousa-Santos, Carla
Specchia, Valeria
Vasselon, Valentin
Vitecek, Simon
Zimmerman, Jonas
Weigand, Alexander
Leese, Florian
Kahlert, Maria
Fecha de publicación
2018-05-22ISSN
0048-9697
Resumen
The bioassessment of aquatic ecosystems is currently based on various biotic indices that use the occurrence and/or abundance of selected taxonomic groups to define ecological status. These conventional indices have some limitations, often related to difficulties in morphological identification of bioindicator taxa. Recent development of DNA barcoding and metabarcoding could potentially alleviate some of these limitations, by using DNA sequences instead of morphology to identify organisms and to characterize a given ecosystem. In this paper, we review the structure of conventional biotic indices, and we present the results of pilot metabarcoding studies using environmental DNA to infer biotic indices. We discuss the main advantages and pitfalls of metabarcoding approaches to assess parameters such as richness, abundance, taxonomic composition and species ecological values, to be used for calculation of biotic indices. We present some future developments to fully exploit the potential of metabarcoding data and improve the accuracy and precision of their analysis. We also propose some recommendations for the future integration of DNA metabarcoding to routine biomonitoring programs.
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English
Materias (CDU)
574 - Ecología general y biodiversidad
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16
Publicado por
Elsevier
Publicado en
Science of the Total Environment
Citación
Pawlowski, Jan, Mary Kelly-Quinn, Florian Altermatt, Laure Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil, Pedro Beja, Angela Boggero, and Angel Borja et al. 2018. "The Future Of Biotic Indices In The Ecogenomic Era: Integrating (E)DNA Metabarcoding In Biological Assessment Of Aquatic Ecosystems". Science Of The Total Environment 637-638: 1295-1310. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.002.
Número del acuerdo de la subvención
EC/H2020/COST Action CA15219/EU/Developing new genetic tools for bioassessment of aquatic ecosystems in Europe/DNAqua-Net
EC/H2020/668981/EU/Capacity building at InBIO for Research and Innovation Using Envrionmental Metagenomics/EnvMetaGen
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Aigües Marines i Continentals
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