All Outputs (57)

Estuarine molecular bycatch as a landscape-wide biomonitoring tool (2021)
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Mariani, S., Harper, L., Collins, R., Baillie, C., Wangensteen, O., McDevitt, A., …Genner, M. (2021). Estuarine molecular bycatch as a landscape-wide biomonitoring tool. Biological Conservation, 261, 109287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109287

Environmental DNA analysis is rapidly transforming biodiversity monitoring and bolstering conservation applications worldwide. This approach has been assisted by the development of metabarcoding PCR primers that are suited for detection of a wide ran... Read More about Estuarine molecular bycatch as a landscape-wide biomonitoring tool.

Shark and ray trade in and out of Indonesia : addressing knowledge gaps on the path to sustainability (2021)
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Prasetyo, A., McDevitt, A., Murray, J., Barry, J., Agung, F., Muttaqin, E., & Mariani, S. (2021). Shark and ray trade in and out of Indonesia : addressing knowledge gaps on the path to sustainability. Marine Policy, 133, 104714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104714

Indonesian marine resources are among the richest on the planet, sustaining highly diverse fisheries. These fisheries include the largest shark and ray landings in the world, making Indonesia one of the world’s largest exporters of elasmobranch produ... Read More about Shark and ray trade in and out of Indonesia : addressing knowledge gaps on the path to sustainability.

Meta‐Fish‐Lib : a generalised, dynamic DNA reference library pipeline for metabarcoding of fishes (2021)
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Collins, R., Trauzzi, G., Maltby, K., Gibson, T., Ratcliffe, F., Hallam, J., …Genner, M. (2021). Meta‐Fish‐Lib : a generalised, dynamic DNA reference library pipeline for metabarcoding of fishes. Journal of Fish Biology, 99(4), 1446-1454. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14852

The accuracy and reliability of DNA metabarcoding analyses depend on the breadth and quality of the reference libraries that underpin them. However, there are limited options available to obtain and curate the huge volumes of sequence data that are a... Read More about Meta‐Fish‐Lib : a generalised, dynamic DNA reference library pipeline for metabarcoding of fishes.

Validation of FASTFISH-ID : a new commercial platform for rapid fish species authentication via universal closed-tube barcoding (2021)
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Naaum, A., Cusa, M., Singh, M., Bleicher, Z., Elliott, C., Goodhead, I., …Sanchez, J. (2021). Validation of FASTFISH-ID : a new commercial platform for rapid fish species authentication via universal closed-tube barcoding. Food Research International, 141, 110035. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2020.110035

Seafood represents up to 20% of animal protein consumption in global food consumption and is a critical dietary and income resource for the world’s population. Currently, over 30% of marine fish stocks are harvested at unsustainable levels, and the i... Read More about Validation of FASTFISH-ID : a new commercial platform for rapid fish species authentication via universal closed-tube barcoding.

Space-time dynamics in monitoring neotropical fish communities using eDNA metabarcoding (2020)
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Sales, N., Wangensteen Fuentes, O., Carvalho, D., Deiner, K., Praebel, K., Coscia, I., …Mariani, S. (2021). Space-time dynamics in monitoring neotropical fish communities using eDNA metabarcoding. Science of the Total Environment, 754, 142096. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142096

The biodiverse Neotropical ecoregion remains insufficiently assessed, poorly managed, and threatened by unregulated human activities. Novel, rapid and cost-effective DNA-based approaches are valuable to improve understanding of the biological communi... Read More about Space-time dynamics in monitoring neotropical fish communities using eDNA metabarcoding.

Fishing for mammals : landscape-level monitoring of terrestrial and semi-aquatic communities using eDNA from riverine systems (2020)
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Sales, N., McKenzie, M., Drake, J., Harper, L., Browett, S., Coscia, I., …McDevitt, A. (2020). Fishing for mammals : landscape-level monitoring of terrestrial and semi-aquatic communities using eDNA from riverine systems. Journal of Applied Ecology, 57(4), 707-716. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13592

1. Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has revolutionised biomonitoring in both marine and freshwater ecosystems. However, for semi-aquatic and terrestrial animals, the application of this technique remains relatively untested. 2. We first ass... Read More about Fishing for mammals : landscape-level monitoring of terrestrial and semi-aquatic communities using eDNA from riverine systems.

Behavioural responses in a congested sea : an observational study on a coastal nest-guarding fish (2019)
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Mascolino, S., Mariani, S., & Benvenuto, C. (2019). Behavioural responses in a congested sea : an observational study on a coastal nest-guarding fish. The European Zoological Journal, 86(1), 504-518. https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2019.1699611

The deleterious effects of anthropogenic noise on animal communication are nowadays recognised, not only in urban environments but also in terrestrial habitats and along coasts and in open waters. Yet, the assessment of short- and long-term exposure... Read More about Behavioural responses in a congested sea : an observational study on a coastal nest-guarding fish.

Biodiversity assessment of tropical shelf eukaryotic communities via pelagic eDNA metabarcoding (2019)
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Bakker, J., Wangensteen Fuentes, O., Baillie, C., Buddo, D., Chapman, D., Gallagher, A., …Mariani, S. (2019). Biodiversity assessment of tropical shelf eukaryotic communities via pelagic eDNA metabarcoding. Ecology and Evolution, 9(24), 14341-14355. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5871

Our understanding of marine communities and their functions in an ecosystem relies on the ability to detect and monitor species distributions and abundances. Currently, the use of environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is increasingly being applied f... Read More about Biodiversity assessment of tropical shelf eukaryotic communities via pelagic eDNA metabarcoding.

Non‐specific amplification compromises environmental DNA metabarcoding with COI (2019)
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Collins, R., Bakker, J., Wangensteen Fuentes, O., Soto, A., Corrigan, L., Sims, D., …Mariani, S. (2019). Non‐specific amplification compromises environmental DNA metabarcoding with COI. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10(11), 1985-2001. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13276

1.Metabarcoding extra‐organismal DNA from environmental samples is now a key technique in aquatic biomonitoring and ecosystem health assessment. Of critical consideration when designing experiments, and especially so when developing community standar... Read More about Non‐specific amplification compromises environmental DNA metabarcoding with COI.

Environmental DNA metabarcoding as an effective and rapid tool for fish monitoring in canals (2019)
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McDevitt, A., Sales, N., Browett, S., Sparnenn, A., Mariani, S., Wangensteen Fuentes, O., …Benvenuto, C. (2019). Environmental DNA metabarcoding as an effective and rapid tool for fish monitoring in canals. Journal of Fish Biology, 95(2), 679-682. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14053

We focus on a case study along an English canal comparing environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding with two types of electrofishing techniques (wade‐and‐reach and boom‐boat). In addition to corroborating data obtained by electrofishing, eDNA provided a... Read More about Environmental DNA metabarcoding as an effective and rapid tool for fish monitoring in canals.

Comments on local cod (Gadus morhua) revealed by egg surveys and population genetic analysis after longstanding depletion on the Swedish Skagerrak Coast by Svedäng et al (2019)
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Cardinale, M., Mariani, S., & Hjelm, J. (2019). Comments on local cod (Gadus morhua) revealed by egg surveys and population genetic analysis after longstanding depletion on the Swedish Skagerrak Coast by Svedäng et al. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 76(4), 1209-1211. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsz095

Abstract Svedäng et al. (2018) concluded that “the occurrence of locally spawned cod eggs suggests that spawning on the Swedish Skagerrak coast takes place, which belong to either a coastal subpopulation that is a remnant stock of a once much larger... Read More about Comments on local cod (Gadus morhua) revealed by egg surveys and population genetic analysis after longstanding depletion on the Swedish Skagerrak Coast by Svedäng et al.

Sponges as natural environmental DNA samplers (2019)
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Mariani, S., Baillie, C., Colosimo, G., & Riesgo, A. (2019). Sponges as natural environmental DNA samplers. Current Biology, 29(11), R401-R402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.04.031

At a time of unprecedented impacts on marine biodiversity, scientists are rapidly becoming persuaded by the potential of screening large swathes of the oceans through the retrieval, amplification and sequencing of trace DNA fragments left behind by m... Read More about Sponges as natural environmental DNA samplers.

Influence of preservation methods, sample medium and sampling time on eDNA recovery in a neotropical river (2019)
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Sales, N., Wangensteen Fuentes, O., Carvalho, D., & Mariani, S. (2019). Influence of preservation methods, sample medium and sampling time on eDNA recovery in a neotropical river. Environmental DNA, 1(2), 119-130. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.14

Environmental DNA (eDNA) has rapidly emerged as a promising biodiversity monitoring technique, proving to be a sensitive and cost‐effective method for species detection. Despite the increasing popularity of eDNA, several questions regarding its limit... Read More about Influence of preservation methods, sample medium and sampling time on eDNA recovery in a neotropical river.

Genomics, environment and balancing selection in behaviorally bimodal populations : the caribou case (2019)
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Cavedon, M., Goubili, C., Heppenheimer, E., vonHoldt, B., Mariani, S., Hebblewhite, M., …Musiani, M. (2019). Genomics, environment and balancing selection in behaviorally bimodal populations : the caribou case. Molecular Ecology, 28(8), 1946-1963. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15039

Selection forces that favor different phenotypes in different environments can change frequencies of genes between populations along environmental clines. Clines are also compatible with balancing forces, such as negative frequency‐dependent selectio... Read More about Genomics, environment and balancing selection in behaviorally bimodal populations : the caribou case.

Consequences of sex change for effective population size (2018)
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Waples, R., Mariani, S., & Benvenuto, C. (2018). Consequences of sex change for effective population size. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285(1893), 20181702. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1702

Sequential hermaphroditism, where males change to females (protandry) or the reverse (protogyny), is widespread in animals and plants and can be an Evolutionarily Stable Strategy (ESS) if fecundity rises faster with age in the second sex. Sequential... Read More about Consequences of sex change for effective population size.

Persistence of environmental DNA in marine systems (2018)
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Collins, R., Wangensteen Fuentes, O., O'Gorman, E., Mariani, S., Sims, D., & Genner, M. (2018). Persistence of environmental DNA in marine systems. Communications Biology, 1, 185. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-018-0192-6

As environmental DNA (eDNA) becomes an increasingly valuable resource for marine eco-system monitoring, understanding variation in its persistence across contrasting environments is critical. Here, we quantify the breakdown of macrobial eDNA over a s... Read More about Persistence of environmental DNA in marine systems.

Metabarcoding of shrimp stomach content: harnessing a natural sampler for fish biodiversity monitoring (2018)
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Siegenthaler, A., Wangensteen, O., Soto, A., Benvenuto, C., Corrigan, L., & Mariani, S. (2019). Metabarcoding of shrimp stomach content: harnessing a natural sampler for fish biodiversity monitoring. Molecular Ecology Resources, 19(1), 206-220. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12956

Given their positioning and biological productivity, estuaries have long represented key providers of ecosystem services, and consequently remain under remarkable pressure from numerous forms of anthropogenic impact. The monitoring of fish communitie... Read More about Metabarcoding of shrimp stomach content: harnessing a natural sampler for fish biodiversity monitoring.

DNA metabarcoding unveils multi-scale trophic variation in a widespread coastal opportunist (2018)
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Siegenthaler, A., Wangensteen, O., Benvenuto, C., Campos, J., & Mariani, S. (2019). DNA metabarcoding unveils multi-scale trophic variation in a widespread coastal opportunist. Molecular Ecology, 28(2), 232-249. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14886

A thorough understanding of ecological networks relies on comprehensive information on trophic relationships among species. Since unpicking the diet of many organisms is unattainable using traditional morphology-based approaches, the application of h... Read More about DNA metabarcoding unveils multi-scale trophic variation in a widespread coastal opportunist.

Hidden diversity hampers conservation efforts in a highly impacted neotropical river system (2018)
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Sales, N., Mariani, S., Salvador, G., Pessali, T., & Carvalho, D. (2018). Hidden diversity hampers conservation efforts in a highly impacted neotropical river system. Frontiers in Genetics, 9, #271. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2018.00271

Neotropical Rivers host a highly diverse ichthyofauna, but taxonomic uncertainty prevents appropriate conservation measures. The Doce River Basin (DRB), lying within two Brazilian threatened hotspots (Atlantic Forest and Brazilian Savanna) in south-e... Read More about Hidden diversity hampers conservation efforts in a highly impacted neotropical river system.

Lines on a map : conservation units, meta-population dynamics, and recovery of woodland caribou in Canada (2018)
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Weckworth, B., Hebblewhite, M., Mariani, S., & Musiani, M. (2018). Lines on a map : conservation units, meta-population dynamics, and recovery of woodland caribou in Canada. Ecosphere, 9(7), e02323. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2323

Delineating conservation units is a fundamental step in recovery planning for endangered species. Yet, challenges remain in the application and validation of scientifically evaluated conservation units in management practice. The Canadian government... Read More about Lines on a map : conservation units, meta-population dynamics, and recovery of woodland caribou in Canada.