Using eDNA Metabarcoding to Monitor Changes in Fish Community Composition After Barrier Removal

• Published in: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Teja P. Muha, Deiene Rodriguez-Barreto, Richard O'Rorke, Carlos Garcia de Leaniz, Sofia Consuegra
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
• Subjects: fish dispersal; spatio-temporal monitoring; freshwater habitat fragmentation; connectivity; eDNA; Evolution; QH359-425; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Lugg; Weir; Anguilla anguilla
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.629217; https://doaj.org/article/96957e153b9e4c03b4a28e4a7a500e11

Artificial instream barriers are a major cause of habitat fragmentation that reduce population connectivity and gene flow by limiting fish movements. To mitigate their impacts, obsolete barriers are increasingly been removed worldwide, but few barrier removal projects are monitored. We employed a po...