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    • DNA barcode reference libraries for the monitoring of aquatic biota in Europe: Gap-analysis and recommendations for future work 

      Weigand, Hannah; Beermann, Arne J.; Čiampor, Fedor; Costa, Filipe O.; Csabai, Zoltán; Duarte, Sofia; Geiger, Matthias F.; Grabowski, Michał; Rimet, Frédéric; Rulik, Björn; Strand, Malin; Szucsich, Nicholaus; Weigand, Alexander M.; Willassen, Endre; Wyler, Sofia A.; Bouchez, Agnès; Borja, Ángel; Čiamporová-Zaťovičová, Zuzana; Ferreira, Sónia; Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Eisendle, Ursula; Freyhof, Jörg; Gadawski, Piotr; Graf, Wolfram; Haegerbaeumer, Arne; van der Hoorn, Berry B.; Japoshvili, Bella; Keresztes, Lujza; Keskin, Emre; Leese, Florian; Macher, Jan N.; Mamos, Tomasz; Paz, Guy; Pešić, Vladimir; Pfannkuchen, Daniela Maric; Pfannkuchen, Martin Andreas; Price, Benjamin W.; Rinkevich, Buki; Teixeira, Marcos A.L.; Várbíró, Gábor; Ekrem, Torbjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Effective identification of species using short DNA fragments (DNA barcoding and DNA metabarcoding) requires reliable sequence reference libraries of known taxa. Both taxonomically comprehensive coverage and content quality ...

    • DNA barcodes and morphology reveal unrecognized species in Chironomidae (Diptera) 

      Lin, Xiaolong; Stur, Elisabeth; Ekrem, Torbjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      For over a decade, DNA barcoding has proven an effective modern tool in taxonomy, evolutionary biology and biodiversity research. Many new species have been discovered and described with DNA barcodes as part of their ...

    • DNA barcodes provide insights into the diversity and biogeography of the non-biting midge Polypedilum (Diptera, Chironomidae) in South America 

      da Silva, Fabio Laurindo; Pinho, Luiz Carlos; Stur, Elisabeth; Nihei, Silvio Shigueo; Ekrem, Torbjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      South America, particularly within its tropical belt, is renowned for its unparalleled high levels of species richness, surpassing other major biomes. Certain neotropical areas harbor fragmented knowledge of insect diversity ...

    • DNA barcodes successfully delimit morphospecies in a superdiverse insect genus 

      Song, Chao; Lin, Xiaolong; Wang, Qian; Wang, Xin-hua (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Polypedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae), with 520 currently known species worldwide, can be extremely difficult to identify species level based on the morphology. We used 3,670 cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) ...

    • DNA barcoding for species identification of insect skins: A test on Chironomidae (Diptera) pupal exuviae 

      Kranzfelder, Petra; Ekrem, Torbjørn; Stur, Elisabeth (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Chironomidae (Diptera) pupal exuviae samples are commonly used for biological monitoring of aquatic habitats. DNA barcoding has proved useful for species identification of chironomid life stages containing cellular tissue, ...

    • DNA barcoding of Aphelopus Dalman (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae) from China, with descriptions of four new species 

      Olmi, Massimo; Chen, Hua-Yan; Guglielmino, Adalgisa; Ødegaard, Frode; Vollaro, Massimo; Capradossi, Leonardo; Liu, Jing-Xian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

    • DNA barcoding of the northern Northeast Atlantic skates (Chondrichthyes, Rajiformes), with remarks on the widely distributed starry ray 

      Lynghammar, Arve; Christiansen, Jørgen Schou; Griffiths, Andrew M.; Fevolden, Svein-Erik; Hop, Haakon; Bakken, Torkild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      The skate fauna in the northern Northeast (NE) Atlantic is poorly investigated, and misidentifications are common. Here, ‘DNA barcoding’ was used to analyse 105 specimens of 15 species previously reported from the area to ...

    • DNA metabarcoding adds valuable information for management of biodiversity in roadside stormwater ponds 

      Sun, Zhenhua; Majaneva, Markus; Sokolova, Ekaterina; Rauch, Sébastien; Meland, Sondre; Ekrem, Torbjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Stormwater ponds are used to compensate for the adverse effects that road runoff might have on the natural environment. Depending on their design and placement, stormwater ponds can act as both refugia and traps for local ...

    • DNA metabarcoding and spatial modelling link diet diversification with distribution homogeneity in European bats 

      Alberdi, Antton; Razgour, Orly; Aizpurua, Ostaizka; Novella-Fernandez, Roberto; Aihartza, Joxerra; Budinski, Ivana; Garin, Inazio; Ibáñez, Carlos; Izagirre, Eñaut; Rebelo, Hugo; Russo, Danilo; Vlaschenko, Anton; Zhelyazkova, Violeta; Zrncic, Vida; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Inferences of the interactions between species’ ecological niches and spatial distribution have been historically based on simple metrics such as low-resolution dietary breadth and range size, which might have impeded the ...

    • DNA Metabarcoding of Preservative Ethanol Reveals Changes in Invertebrate Community Composition Following Rotenone Treatment 

      Kjærstad, Gaute; Majaneva, Markus; Falahati-Anbaran, Mohsen; Topstad, Lasse; Finstad, Anders Gravbrøt; Arnekleiv, Jo Vegar; Ekrem, Torbjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The botanical compound rotenone is extensively used to eradicate populations and reduce the negative impacts of freshwater invasive animals. The method is controversial as non-target organisms often are negatively affected, ...

    • DNA Sequencing Historical Lichen Specimens 

      Kistenich, Sonja; Halvorsen, Rune; Schrøder-Nielsen, Audun; Thorbek, Birgitte Lisbeth Graae; Timdal, Einar; Bendiksby, Mika (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Biological specimens in natural history collections worldwide are increasingly being used in biogeographical, environmental, and taxonomic studies. For their meaningful use, correct species identification is crucial. For ...

    • DNA-Based Arthropod Diversity Assessment in Amazonian Iron Mine Lands Show Ecological Succession Towards Undisturbed Reference Sites 

      Lynggaard, Christina; Yu, Douglas W.; Oliveira, Guilherme; Caldeira, Cecilio F.; Ramos, Silvio J.; Ellegaard, Martin; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Gastauer, Markus; Bohmann, Kristine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Human activities change natural landscapes, and in doing so endanger biodiversity and associated ecosystem services. To reduce the net impacts of these activities, such as mining, disturbed areas are rehabilitated and ...

    • DNA-metastrekkoding til undersøkelser av invertebrater i ferskvann 

      Ekrem, Torbjørn; Majaneva, Markus (NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet naturhistorisk notat;, Research report, 2019)
      DNA-metastrekkoding (metabarcoding) er en teknikk der en ved hjelp av korte DNA-sekvenser kan identifisere artene i en miljø- eller bulkprøve (usortert samleprøve). Metoden har potensiale til å revolusjonere miljøovervåkning ...

    • DNAqua-Net: Developing new genetic tools for bioassessment and monitoring of aquatic ecosystems in Europe 

      Leese, Florian; Altermatt, F; Bouchez, A; Ekrem, Torbjørn; Hering, D; Meissner, K; Mergen, P; Pawlowski, J; Piggott, JJ; Rimet, F; Steinke, D; Taberlet, P; Weigand, AM; Abarankov, K; Beja, P; Bervoets, L; Björnsdóttir, S; Boets, P; Boggero, A; Bones, Atle M.; Vrålstad, Trude (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      The protection, preservation and restoration of aquatic ecosystems and their functions are of global importance. For European states it became legally binding mainly through the EU-Water Framework Directive (WFD). In order ...

    • Dorytomus carpathicus Petryszak, 1984 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) a new weevil for the Nordic countries. 

      Ødegaard, Frode (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

    • Draft genome sequence and annotation of the lichen-forming fungus Arthonia radiata 

      Armstrong, Ellie E.; Prost, Stefan; Ertz, Damien; Westberg, Martin; Frisch, Andreas; Bendiksby, Mika (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      We report here the draft de novo genome assembly, transcriptome assembly, and annotation of the lichen-forming fungus Arthonia radiata (Pers.) Ach., the type species for Arthoniomycetes, a class of lichen-forming, ...

    • A draft genome sequence of the elusive giant squid, Architeuthis dux 

      Da Fonseca, Rute R.; Couto, Alvarina; Machado, Andre M; Brejova, Brona; Albertin, Carolin B; Silva, Filipe; Gardner, Paul; Baril, Tobias; Hayward, Alex; Campos, Alexandre; Ribeiro, Ângela M; Barrio-Hernandez, Inigo; Hoving, Henk-Jan; Tafur-Jimenez, Ricardo; Chu, Chong; Frazão, Barbara; Petersen, Bent; Peñaloza, Fernando; Musacchia, Francesco; Alexander, Graham C; Osório, Hugo; Winkelmann, Inger; Simakov, Oleg; Rasmussen, Simon; Rahman, M. Ziaur; Pisani, Davide; Vinther, Jakob; Jarvis, Erich D.; Zhang, Guojie; Strugnell, Jan M.; Castro, L. Filipe C; Fedrigo, Olivier; Patricio, Mateus; Li, Qiye; Rocha, Sara; Antunes, Agostinho; Wu, Yufeng; Ma, Bin; Sanges, Remo; Vinar, Tomas; Blagoev, Blagoy; Sicheritz-Pontén, Thomas; Nielsen, Rasmus; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background The giant squid (Architeuthis dux; Steenstrup, 1857) is an enigmatic giant mollusc with a circumglobal distribution in the deep ocean, except in the high Arctic and Antarctic waters. The elusiveness of the ...

    • Drivers of diet patterns in a globally distributed freshwater fish species 

      Javier, Sánchez-Hernández; Finstad, Anders Gravbrøt; Arnekleiv, Jo Vegar; Kjærstad, Gaute; Amundsen, Per-Arne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      We analysed data of a globally distributed model organism (brown trout) in an attempt to understand relationships among biogeography, prey communities and climate on diet composition at regional spatial scales (Scandinavia), ...

    • Drivers of vegetative dormancy across herbaceous perennial plant species 

      Shefferson, Richard P.; Kull, Tiiu; Hutchings, Michael J.; Selosse, Marc-André; Jacquemyn, Hans; Kellett, Kimberly M.; Menges, Eric S.; Primack, Richard B.; Tuomi, Juha; Alahuhta, Kirsi; Hurskainen, Sonja; Alexander, Helen M.; Anderson, Derek S.; Brys, Rein; Brzosko, Emilia; Dostálik, Slavomir; Gregg, Katharine; Ipser, Zdenek; Jäkäläniemi, Anne; Jersáková, Jana; Kettle, W. Dean; McCormick, Melissa; Mendoza, Ana; Miller, Michael T.; Moen, Asbjørn; Øien, Dag-Inge; Püttsepp, Ülle; Roy, Mélanie; Sather, Nancy; Sletvold, Nina; Stípková, Zuzana; Tali, Kadri; Warren, Robert J. II; Whigham, Dennis F. (Journal article, 2018)
      Vegetative dormancy, that is the temporary absence of aboveground growth for ≥ 1 year, is paradoxical, because plants cannot photosynthesise or flower during dormant periods. We test ecological and evolutionary hypotheses ...

    • Dvergblåvinge (Cupido minimus) i Grønlia på Lade, Trondheim 

      Aagaard, Kaare; Hårsaker, Karstein; Øien, Dag-Inge (NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet naturhistorisk rapport;2018-7, Research report, 2018)
      Dvergblåvingen Cupido minimus er bare kjent fra et fåtall lokaliteter i Trondheim kommune. Bestanden i Grønlia på Lade har vært kjent i over tjue år og har vært fulgt med fangs-gjenfangst metodikk i seks av sesongene siden ...