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Table 1 (continued)
Source of
sample/environment
Application
Study summary
References
Sea water/mesocosms
Multiple species
detection
Fish
community-wide
assessment in
marine environment
using eDNA
metabarcoding
Kelly et al. (2014)
Fresh water/river
Species detection
and distribution
The study reveals
the effectiveness of
eDNA detection
methods for
determining
landscape-level
distribution of
anadromous
salmonids in large
river systems
Laramie et al.
(2015)
Fresh water/river-estuary
Multiple species
detection
The study utilizes
eDNA in temporal
mapping of marine
and freshwater fish
populations
Stoeckle et al.
(2017)
Fresh water/pond
Invasive/rare
species detection
and distribution
The study utilised
eDNA in detecting
the presence of
invasive bluegill in
natural ponds of the
studies area
Takahara et al.
(2013)
Sea water/ocean
Multiple species
detection
The study
demonstrates the
potential of eDNA
in biodiversity
monitoring and
fisheries as
compared to
conventional
methods
Thomsen et al.
(2012a)
Fresh water/mesocosms
Species abundance
quantification
This study
discovers the use of
eDNA in fish and
amphibians’
detection in
freshwater
mesocosms
Thomsen et al.
(2012b)