Special Issue Article: Environmental DNA Using environmental DNA methods to improve detectability in a hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) monitoring program

By Stephen F. Spear, J. Groves, Lori Williams, L. Waits. 2015

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An environmental DNA‐based method for monitoring spawning activity: a case study, using the endangered Macquarie perch (Macquaria australasica) (2017, background): “Furthermore, it has been suggested that the absolute abundance of mitochondrial (mt-) eDNA fragments can be used to determine the reproductive status of populations (Spear et al. 2014).”
Environmental DNA (eDNA) as a tool for assessing fish biomass: A review of approaches and future considerations for resource surveys (2021, background): “Spawning and associated migrations, which are typically seasonal, evoke fluctuations in eDNA concentrations due to the communal release of gametes, increased activity and congregation of often large numbers of adults and the presence of juvenile fish (Bracken et al., 2019; Bylemans et al., 2017; Kam”
Critical considerations for the application of environmental DNA methods to detect aquatic species (2016, background): “…settings (Takahara et al. 2012; Thomsen et al. 2012a; Goldberg et al. 2013; Doi et al. 2015; Klymus et al. 2015) and some field sites (e.g. Pilliod et al. 2013), but this relationship is not always found in field settings (Spear et al. 2015) and can be influenced by outliers (Biggs et al. 2015).”
Quantification of eDNA shedding rates from invasive bighead carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis and silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix. (2015, background): “However, field experiments will be necessary to confirm this relationship and assess factors that may confound it (e.g., Pilliod et al., 2013; Spear et al., 2015).”
Monitoring the near-extinct European weather loach in Denmark based on environmental DNA from water samples (2015, background): “Interestingly, Spear et al. (2015) found that eDNA concentrations for the Eastern hellbender ( Cryptobran-chus alleganiensis alleganiensis ) increased markedly during the breeding season, both in natural river systems and in an aquarium setting with a captive male hellbender.”
Downstream transport and seasonal variation in freshwater pearl mussel ( Margaritifera margaritifera ) eDNA concentration (2019, background): “Environmental DNA shedding rates are expected to be high in the reproductive season, as found in other taxa (Buxton, Groombridge, Zakaria, & Griffiths, 2017; Spear et al., 2015), but may also be affected by general activity levels.”
The ecology of environmental DNA and implications for conservation genetics (2016, background): “For example, stream mtDNA concentration from a fully aquatic amphibian was significantly higher in breeding season than other months (Spear et al. 2015).”