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Persistence and degradation dynamics of eDNA affected by environmental factors in aquatic ecosystems

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Anthropogenic disturbance in natural environments may cause unfavorable habitat conditions in which old species are lost, or new species are introduced. These interventions could affect biodiversity. However, rapidly advancing environmental DNA (eDNA) methodologies can be used to recover imprints of the lost biodiversity from the environment through sampling on regional and geographical scales. Furthermore, the degradation of eDNA may affect its persistence, consequently affecting species occurrence and distribution data. Understanding various factors that regulate eDNA dynamics in the environment can help scientists identify the organisms that existed earlier in the particular environment to discover relationships with active species and improve biodiversity studies. This review summarizes how biofilms, mineralogy, temperature, microorganisms, chemicals and DNA fragment length affect the eDNA dynamics in aquatic environments. This study also elaborates how these factors can help identify the missing species in the given environment. This knowledge will further improve biomonitoring, conservation efforts, documentation of species diversity and future interpretation of eDNA detection in aquatic ecosystems.

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Joseph, C., Faiq, M.E., Li, Z. et al. Persistence and degradation dynamics of eDNA affected by environmental factors in aquatic ecosystems. Hydrobiologia 849, 4119–4133 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-022-04959-w

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