• Advancing the use of molecular methods for routine freshwater macroinvertebrate biomonitoring – the need for calibration experiments 

      Blackman, Rosetta C.; Mächler, Elvira; Altermatt, Florian; Arnold, Amanda; Beja, Pedro; Boets, Pieter; Egeter, Bastian; Elbrecht, Vasco; Filipe, Ana Filipa; Jones, J. Iwan; Macher, Jan N.; Majaneva, Markus; Martins, Filipa M. S.; Múrria, Cesc; Meissner, Kristian; Pawlowski, Jan; Shmidt Yáñez, Paul L.; Zizka, Vera M. A.; Leese, Florian; Price, Ben; Deiner, Kristy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Over the last decade, steady advancements have been made in the use of DNA-based methods for detection of species in a wide range of ecosystems. This progress has culminated in molecular monitoring methods being employed ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Metabarcoding for use in Nordic routine aquatic biomonitoring - a validation study​ 

      Meissner, Kristian; Aroviita, Jukka; Baattrup-Pedersen, Annette; Buchner, Dominik; Ekrem, Torbjørn; Friberg, Nikolai; Johnson, Richard K.; Leese, Florian; Majaneva, Markus; Ólafsson, Jón S.; Schartau, Ann Kristin; Elbrecht, Vasco (TemaNord;, Research report, 2020)
      Over 75% of all lakes and 40% of all rivers in the EU are found in the Nordic countries. Freshwater biomonitoring according to the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) has been adopted by all Nordic countries and forms an ...
    • Metadata standards and practical guidelines for specimen and DNA curation when building barcode reference libraries for aquatic life 

      Rimet, Frédéric; Aylagas, Eva; Borja, Angel; Bouchez, Agnès; Canino, Alexis; Chauvin, Christian; Chonova, Teofana; Čiampor, Fedor; Costa, Filipe O.; Ferrari, Benoit J. D.; Gastineau, Romain; Goulon, Chloe; Gugger, Murièl; Holzmann, Maria; Jahn, Regine; Kahlert, Maria; Kusber, Wolf-Hennig; Laplace-Treyture, Christophe; Leese, Florian; Leliaert, Frederik; Mann, David G.; Marchand, Frédérik; Méléder, Vona; Pawlowski, Jan; Rasconi, Serena; Revera, Sinziana; Rougerie, Rodolphe; Schweizer, Magali; Trobajo, Rosa; Vasselon, Valentin; Vivien, Régis; Weigand, Alexander M.; Witkowski, Andrzej; Zimmermann, Jonas; Ekrem, Torbjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      DNA barcoding and metabarcoding is increasingly used to effectively and precisely assess and monitor biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems. As these methods rely on data availability and quality of barcode reference libraries, ...