eDNA scientific analysis and data visualization

This document contains ideas for scientific analysis and data visualization for our eDNA projects.

• Taxonomic and phylogenetic composition
• Species richness
• Genetic diversity
• Multidimensional scaling
• Rarefaction and accumulation curves
• Set analysis
• Climate vulnerability

Taxonomic and phylogenetic composition

From Marine environmental DNA biomonitoring reveals seasonal patterns in biodiversity and identifies ecosystem responses to anomalous climatic events:

From Marine Vertebrate Biodiversity and Distribution Within the Central California Current Using Environmental DNA (eDNA) Metabarcoding and Ecosystem Surveys:

From Direct fishing and eDNA metabarcoding for biomonitoring during a 3-year survey significantly improves number of fish detected around a South East Asian reservoir:

From eDNA metabarcoding illuminates species diversity and composition of three phyla (chordata, mollusca and echinodermata) across Indonesian coral reefs:

From Comparing Environmental DNA Metabarcoding and Underwater Visual Census to Monitor Korean Coastal Fish Community:

Species richness

From Environmental DNA captures native and non-native fish community variations across the lentic and lotic systems of a megacity:

Genetic diversity

From Global determinants of freshwater and marine fish genetic diversity:

From The distribution of coastal fish eDNA sequences in the Anthropocene:

Multidimensional analysis

From Marine environmental DNA biomonitoring reveals seasonal patterns in biodiversity and identifies ecosystem responses to anomalous climatic events:

From Quantitative environmental DNA metabarcoding shows high potential as a novel approach to quantitatively assess fish community:

From The distribution of coastal fish eDNA sequences in the Anthropocene:

Rarefaction and accumulation curves

For example between samples or within samples (sequencing depth).

From How many replicates to accurately estimate fish biodiversity using environmental DNA on coral reefs?:

From Environmental DNA captures elasmobranch diversity in a temperate marine ecosystem:

Set analysis

These are examples of set analyses, to be used for example between sites, replicates, primers, or eDNA versus literature.

From Direct fishing and eDNA metabarcoding for biomonitoring during a 3-year survey significantly improves number of fish detected around a South East Asian reservoir:

From eDNA metabarcoding illuminates species diversity and composition of three phyla (chordata, mollusca and echinodermata) across Indonesian coral reefs:

Climate vulnerability

From Assessing the impacts of climate change on biodiversity: is below 2 °C enough?:

From Threats of global warming to the world’s freshwater fishes:

From A climate risk index for marine life: