Comparison of Traditional and DNA-based Methods Used for Ecosystem Assessment (IMAGE)

Pensoft Publishers

Comparison of Traditional and DNA-based Methods Used for Ecosystem Assessment

Caption

Comparison of traditional and DNA-based methods for ecosystem assessment. The traditional methods for ecosystem assessments are based on species lists obtained via morpho-taxonomy (red arrows). DNA-based approaches can utilize the same organisms but rather use these for a "bulk" DNA extraction and subsequent metabarcoding, or they can utilize DNA obtained from a water sample ("eDNA"). The novel DNA-based approaches are highlighted with green arrows.

Credit

Vasco Elbrecht and Florian Leese

Usage Restrictions

CC-BY 4.0

License

Licensed content

Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.